Steamer loading at the South Shore Ry. docks, Marquette, Mich. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Steamer loading at the South Shore Ry. docks, Marquette, Mich.
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The name "James Watt" painted on the steamer's hull anchors this view of ore being loaded at the South Shore Railway docks in Marquette, Michigan. The railway carried iron ore from the Marquette Range down to Lake Superior, where it was transferred into the holds of lake freighters for shipment to lower lake ports. Around 1905, the Detroit Publishing Company was photographing American towns, industry and waterfronts for commercial sale, and its glass-plate negatives of such scenes capture the scale of the ore trade: rail cars, dock machinery and the ship stationed alongside.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 2223" on negative. "James Watt" on ship. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018248. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. Cargo ships. Shipping. Piers & wharves. Ore industry. Railroad tracks.United States--Michigan--Marquette. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-61779 |
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