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The Wilfred Sykes at the Ore Dock

Date: 1960
Description: The screw bulk freighter, Wilfred Sykes at L.S. and I. Ore Dock in Marquette, Michigan about 1960. Lake shore and trees are in the foreground.
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Harbor View

Date: 10 17 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Harbor View - Sheboygan, Wis." A lake freighter, or "laker" is docked at the harbor.
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks, Superior, Wis." View across the water towards a cargo ship docked for loading or unloading.
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Carnegie Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Unloading Coal, Carnegie Dock, Superior, Wis." A Great Lakes freighter is being unloaded by a gantry crane at a dock. An enormous pil...
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Souvenir Folder of Superior Wis.

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a souvenir folder of Superior. Caption on front reads: "Largest Iron Ore and Coal Docks in the World." A ship named "Ashcroft" is depicted l...

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