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Location: Ashland, WI - 1887 C&NW Ore Dock #1

Type: Timber

Built: 1887

Operated for 49 Years

Owner: Chicago & Northwestern Railroad

Length: 1,440 feet

Height Above Water: 72 feet

Pockets: 200 pockets

Ended: 1936

Notes

Time Line

1887. Dock is placed into service.

1936. Use of this dock is discontinued.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
[AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
[AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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