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The Minnesota Digital Library is excited to announce the addition of a series of photographs into the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's collection in Minnesota Reflections. These images capture an important aspect of iron mining in northeastern Minnesota: the use of railroads to haul raw ore across rural Minnesota to the ore docks in Duluth.
The Minnesota Digital Library is excited to announce the addition of a series of photographs into the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's collection in Minnesota Reflections. These images capture an important aspect of iron mining in northeastern Minnesota: the use of railroads to haul raw ore across rural Minnesota to the ore docks in Duluth. The raw ore was then loaded into ore boats which hauled the freight across Lake Superior to points east such as Detroit, Michigan where the ore was smelted into high grade steel. The black and white and color photographs submitted by the museum show the locomotives and trains used in this tranport as well as the individual who did this important work. Views of the Lake Superior ore docks and ore boats are also included. This new addition to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's collection has doubled the size of their collection in Minnesota Reflections.
