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Ore Docks
1920
Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Ore Boat
1935
Aerial view of crew members standing and sitting on the deck of the ore boat Captain Thomas Wilson in Ashland harbor.
Ashland Ore Dock
1885
Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
Magdeburg Branch House Loading Dock
1935
Railroad cars loaded with farm equipment on a track near the loading dock of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany.
E MACARTHUR AVE AT ASHLAND HARBOR
4354
Located in Ashland, Ashland County
The Wilfred Sykes at the Ore Dock
circa 1960
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.
