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Ashland Ore Dock

Date: 1885
Description: Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
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

Freeport Sulphur Company

Date: 
Description: The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas.
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America, with the British & Spanish Territories According to the Treaty

Date: 1783
Description: This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F...
Map or Atlas

A Map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana: With the Islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the Countries Surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, With the Tract of the Spanish Galleons, and of Our Fleets Thro' the Straits of Florida, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the Southeastern part of the British Colonies in North America, Gulf Coast and Caribbean. It illustrates the of the Spanish and English fleets, part...
Postcard

Loading Freighters

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards three ore boats at the Soo Line Railroad dock being loaded with iron ore. The first in line is the William B. Pilkey.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Ore Docks, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of an ore carrying ship that is within the ore docks on Lake Superior.

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