The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad, is a Class III railroad U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It began operations in 189
A LS&I freight train on the Presque Isle Ore Dock in Marquette, Michigan, September 3, 2011
Vintage LS&I steam locomotive, 1890s.
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad box car, built in 1901, on display at Mid-Continent Railway Museum
LS&I Railway Express Agency car "J.H.Kline" at the National Railroad Museum
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An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper
Laker at dock in Duluth, Minnesota showing scale
The Wisconsin Central Railway (later Soo Line) ore dock in Ashland, Wisconsin 1,800 ft (550 m) long, b. 1916
Ore dock (b. 1931) in Marquette, Michigan
The IR&HB ore dock at Skanee, Michigan. The steamer Christopher Columbus (362 ft) is in the foreground. ca. 1893