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Photograph

Docked Ore Boats

Date: 1920
Description: A view of boats laden with ore docked at the harbor. Caption reads: "The Harbor -- Looking Out, Lorain, Ohio."
Photograph

Unloading Ore Boats

Date: 
Description: A view of ships laden with ore unloading at Brown Hoists. Caption reads: "Unloading Ore at Brown Hoists, Lorain, Ohio."
Photograph

Unloading Iron Ore

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD."
Photograph

Ships at Ore Docks

Date: 1915
Description: View of several ships at the ore docks of Maryland Steel Company. Text on the ship on the left may read "Craigeab" (text is difficult to make out). The nam...
Photograph

Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
Photograph

View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
Photograph

Furnace Complex

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background.
Photograph

Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...
Photograph

Michela Coal & Dock Company

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of dock site towards Lake Superior, showing sulphur pile and a large chute in the background.
Photograph

Green Bay

Date: 12 16 1957
Description: View across water, with cranes among piles of coal along the right, and among piles of other materials on the left. Smoke is in the distance on the right, ...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Bituminous Coal on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows major cities surrounding the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts,C...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, New England, Pennsylvania, New Foundland, New France & c

Date: 1719
Description: Map of the British colonies and territories in North American, depicting cities, Native American land, rivers, mines, forts, trees, and topography east of ...

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