Photos, videos and docs of Joel Dinda, with the keywords: "upper harbor"

Michipicoten @ LS&I Dock, Marquette

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:11:04 +0000

With a train overhead. I just love the long stair up to this dock.

Presque Isle Ore Dock

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:57:26 +0000

The LS&I Railroad (a Cleveland-Cliffs subsidiary) built this iron ore dock in Marquette's upper harbor 99 years ago. It's still in use, though the cargo's evolved from raw ore to taconite pellets. This is one of the best places on the Great Lakes to view ore carriers up close.

The not-quite-visible ship in this photo is Kaye E. Barker.

Presque Isle Coal Dock

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:27:14 +0000

Joel Dinda has posted:

Here's a better illustration of the layout of the Marquette upper harbor coal dock. The ship Presque Isle is snugged up against the ore dock, and has run its unloader to the coal dock. The whole thing's conveyors and similar transport mechanisms.

The really neat thing about the Marquette upper harbor is how close you can get to the boats. This photo shows that well.

Presque Isle @ Marquette

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:40:29 +0000

Joel Dinda has posted:

August 1990: The ship named Presque Isle beside the ore dock called Presque Isle in Marquette, Michigan. Beyond the dock is Marquette's Presque Isle Park, which may explain something. But the ship's probably named after Erie's Presque Isle.

I posted another photo of this ship some time ago, with a comment on the mixed paint job the ship would be sporting a couple years hence. This photo shows the original paint scheme.

The ship is unloading coal into the conveyor system known as the Presque Isle Coal Dock. A piece of that facility clips the upper right corner of the photo. The conveyor moves the coal to piles around Wisconsin Electric Power's generating plant (still another facility named Presque Isle). ~~Strangely, the (ship) Presque Isle is too wide for the ore dock to reach the hold's center, so she'll head elsewhere for an ore load.~~

Properly speaking, Presque Isle is not a ship at all; she's a barge with a tug boat built into her stern. If you study the details in this photo, you'll see how they fit together.