I'm reasonably sure Debbie--Preacher Debra--took this photo.
Marquette, Michigan's, Soo Line (DSS&A) dock, in 1977 (or perhaps 1978). The wooden trestle which connected the dock with the approaching tracks was removed a few years back; it was a glorious structure.
And a fire hazard, and an obstruction to Marquette getting on with it's life. Nonetheless, I miss it. The dock itself remains; let's hope they find something to do with it.
Reasonably sure, Jowo? Yup. This is from the same set as the Chief Wawatam photograph. As I said with that picture, the box is labelled Richard, but some pictures appear to be Debbie's.
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Missabe Railroad's Duluth Docks. Now Kaye E. Barker. (Thanks, NIN)
I love Duluth.
Camera: Minolta Freedom 100
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LS&I Dock, Marquette. The ship in the background is Lee A. Tregurtha. 1990, I believe.
Camera: Minolta 110 Zoom SLR
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August 1990: The ship named Presque Isle beside the ore dock called Presque Isle in Marquette, Michigan. Beyond the dock is Marquette's Presque Isle Park, which may explain something. But the ship's probably named after Erie's Presque Isle.
I posted another photo of this ship some time ago, with a comment on the mixed paint job the ship would be sporting a couple years hence. This photo shows the original paint scheme.
The ship is unloading coal into the conveyor system known as the Presque Isle Coal Dock. A piece of that facility clips the upper right corner of the photo. The conveyor moves the coal to piles around Wisconsin Electric Power's generating plant (still another facility named Presque Isle). Strangely, the (ship) Presque Isle is too wide for the ore dock to reach the hold's center, so she'll head elsewhere for an ore load.
Properly speaking, Presque Isle is not a ship at all; she's a barge with a tug boat built into her stern. If you study the details in this photo, you'll see how they fit together.
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Here's a better illustration of the layout of the Marquette upper harbor coal dock. The ship Presque Isle is snugged up against the ore dock, and has run its unloader to the coal dock. The whole thing's conveyors and similar transport mechanisms.
The really neat thing about the Marquette upper harbor is how close you can get to the boats. This photo shows that well.
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