The DSS&A diesel era, the railroad pushed ore loads from their staging yard up the approach to their downtown ore dock using Alcohol RS-1 diesel locomotives.
Photo info: Top, a 1957 photo of the ore dock in operation. Note the variety of period vehicles traveling under the approach bridge. [Dan Garn photo, Doug Garn collection]. 2nd photo, a similar photo from the 1930's of the ore dock approach over Front Street, Marquette. [Robert Platt-UWML]
1966. Deepening the Marquette lower harbor basin to 27 feet to accommodate deep draft vessels has been approved by officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The estimated cost is $215,000 plus $12,000 from non-federal sources. The dock area was dredged last fall by the railroad company and now has 22 feet of water. The Corps recently completed a $370,000 rock cribbing project on the lower harbor breakwater last fall. [IDG-1966-0307]
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