Top of Soo Line ore dock with railroad tracks
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- Created Date
- 1920
- Description
The top of the Soo Line ore dock in Chequamegon Bay, Ashland, Wisconsin, showing how the four railroad tracks intersect. Also showing the foreman's shack to right and the lights that enabled ore punchers to work around the clock. On the bottom left of the photo it says "Oct. 20" and some snow is visible on the railroad tracks.
The construction of the Soo Line ore dock in Ashland, Wisconsin, took place during 1916 and 1917. This dock was designed by Toltz Engineering Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, (today TKDA) and built by General Contractors: Foley Brothers and Peppard and Fulton of St. Paul. The Soo Line ore dock was built of concrete and steel, at 900 feet in length with 150 pockets. It had a capacity of 52,500 tons and the timber trestle approach was 1,000 feet long. The dock was 65 feet 8 inches wide at the water line and 59 feet wide with 4 railroad tracks at the top. There were were 6,800 piles driven to support this dock and it was 80 feet high above the waterline.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Ashland Historical Society Museum
- Collection
- Ore docks of Ashland
- Location
- Ashland
Ashland County
Wisconsin - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographs
- Rights
- This image may be copied freely by individuals, educational institutions, and libraries for personal use, research, teaching, or any other 'Fair Use' as defined by U.S. copyright laws. To obtain permission for other uses, or to request a high-resolution copy, please contact the Ashland Historical Society Museum. Address: 509 West Main Street, Ashland, WI 54806. Email: ashlandhistory@centurytel.net Phone: 715-682-4911
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- Top of Soo Line ore dock with railroad tracks. 1920. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/Ashland/id/16. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1920) Top of Soo Line ore dock with railroad tracks. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/Ashland/id/16
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/Ashland/id/16>.