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Product Identifiers
PublisherBridgewater Book Group LLC.
ISBN-101583882022
ISBN-139781583882023
eBay Product ID (ePID)59781468
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Lakes Ore Docks and Ore Cars
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicRailroads / General, Railroads / History, Marine & Naval
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering
AuthorPatrick Dorin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-932530
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal385.5/4/0977
SynopsisThe iron mining industry was quite extensive throughout the area known as the Lake Superior Iron Ore District, which included Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario and other prominent iron mining regions to the northeast and east of Lake Superior in Ontario as well Quebec and Labrador. All of the iron ore was transported by rail to a wide number of lake ports on Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. This book lists all of the ore docks constructed on the Great Lakes, as well as their operational life span right up to the present time. Each chapter for each railroad includes the types of ore docks once or currently operated as well as a roster of ore cars from the 1940s to the present time, and includes photos of the ore docks and ore cars, ore car schematics and pertinent data. It also provides some new perspectives for historical and future research, and can be used for the art work of model railroading., The Iron Mining Industry was quite extensive throughout the area known as the Lake Superior Iron Ore District. All of the iron ore was transported by rail to a wide number of lake ports on Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. This book lists all of the ore docks constructed on The Great Lakes. Includes photos of the ore docks and ore cars, ore car schematics and pertinent data.
LC Classification NumberTC355.D67 2007
