Ore dock
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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
SS Emperor
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SS Emperor was a Canadian lake freighter in service between 1911 and 1947. She was built between 1910 and April 1911 by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Company in Collingwood, Ontario, for Inland Lines,
Emperor downbound in the St. Clair River on May 5, 1939
Emperor early in her career
Emperor c. 1915 in the St. Marys River
Emperor after losing her rudder