Type: Timber, replaced by concrete after 1918
Built: 1888
Operated for 125 years
Owner: Wisconsin Central Railroad, later Soo Line Railroad
Length: Lengthened to 1,800 feet in 1925.
Height Above Water: 81 feet
Pockets: 300 pockets
Ended: 2013
1888. New dock opens.
1900. Dock is rebuilt after a fire.
1918. Dock is replaced by a concrete dock in same location.
1925. Dock is lengthened to 1,800 feet.
2006. September. The trestle leading up to the Soo Line ore dock in Ashland, WI is being demolished. This steel bridge spanned US-2 at one time. The ore dock has been out of service for ears. CN, which now owns the property has decided to remove the trestle and to stabilize the ore dock. [MRF-2007-04]
2013. Use of the dock is discontinued.
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