Marquette Lower Harbor Ore Dock 3 B W Framed Print

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Marquette's Lower Harbor Ore Dock, once a cornerstone of the regional economy in this area of Michigan, was constructed in 1931-1932 for the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad at a cost of $1.32 million.

The railroad tracks leading to the top of the dock have been dismantled and removed.

Iron ore extracted from mines in western Marquette County was transported via rail to the top of the dock, emptied into the structures pocket chutes and loaded onto vessels docked below. From the docks first day of service on June 3, 1932 until its closure in 1971, nearly 24 million tons of ore left Marquette through the Lower Harbor. In the decades since its closure, the dock has been a source of great interest and inspiration for the community.

In the 1890s, Upper Michigan was the largest supplier of iron ore in the United States. Railroads would haul ore from the mines to great ore docks on the Great Lakes in places such as Escanaba and Marquette, where it would be...

Photography has always been my passion, since I developed my first print, under a dim red light bulb in our basement, at about age ten in the small mining town of Ishpeming, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan's Iron Ore Range. This love was also greatly inspired and nurtured by our dear and close family friend, the Family Doctor that brought me into this world, Dr. J. P. Bertucci. I dedicate this website to him, along with my parents, who always encouraged my photographic endeavors. I know they would be all proud. I have pursued the hobby of Photography with varying highs and lows of intensity all of my formative years and my adult life. For much of my working life, my camera sat on the top shelf of the closet, as life crowded it...

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