Location: Escanaba, MI - 1970 C&NW Ore Dock

Type: Steel and concrete

Built: 1970

Operated for 47 Years

Owner: Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, later CN

Length: 1,900 feet

Height Above Water: 

Pockets: 

Ended: Mothballed in 2017 - still exists

Notes

Low-level conveyer loading system.

The Chicago & North Western railroad had several ore docks in Escanaba, which were replaced by a water-level ore loading facility about 1970.

Ground Level Loading. The C&NW built ground level ore loading facilities around 1970 and discontinued the use of dock #6. This facility continued to load ore into the CN era. The dock was closed and mothballed in 2017.

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