The Marquette Ore Dock
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Cleveland-Cliffs Company operates the Presque Isle Ore Dock at Marquette, Michigan and hauls ore from its mines to the dock on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad.
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I worked next door at the Presque Isle Power Plant for 40 plus years. Occasionally we went out to the Coal Unloader , which is South of the dock, and watch the Ships come in. The precision which those Captains piloted those huge boats is incredible!
I have no idea why the TH-cam algorithm suggested this video to me but I'm glad it did.
That was absolutely fascinating, well produced, and beautifully shot. I very much enjoyed it.
❤ love the video look forward to seeing more to the person that filmed it a very good job double thumbs up job well done thank you
Absolutely beautiful in every way. Totally michigan and let's protect it's past and future industry. Lots of hard working michigan families.
Been visiting Marquette for past 2 years and finally moved up here the start of this year and I’ve always loved driving under the train tracks on my way to the beautiful presque isle park
I've been there to witness this festinating event several times but never with this perfect view. Thanks for the great camera work.
Thanks. Your video is great to watch the Michigan shipping industry in action.
The drone captured aerial shots are truly amazing.
Thank you!
As a person who lived in Marquette for 36 years, I approve!
I've always loved the great lakes and the rust belt states, so unbelievably beautiful.
They are! Thanks for watching.
Nice professional job on the video so interesting well done
amazing footage
Well done! Great production and the drone shots were super interesting. What a great perspective to see the ore docks coming in from the lake.
great footage of an often-forgotten section of American industry. the overhead shots of the functioning ore dock are spectacular!
It's interesting most of the integrated steel mills left in the US and Canada (steel mills that make steel from iron ore rather than scrap) are able to receive iron from ships and trains and are located in the Great Lakes region. Without infrastructure like this, I don't know if they could survive economically.
First time viewer of this channel. I liked the content, production and presentation so much I subscribed. Cheers.
I always enjoy when I get to see more footage of my hometown railroad and its historic ore dock in action. While the motive power has changed over the years, I watched those same ore jennies come and go since I was a kid in the early seventies. Most of the cars actually date to the 1930's, and LS&I continues to operate them with a special exemption from the FRA.
Yes, I certainly did enjoy the video.
I love the M/V Michipicoten. As classic as she is, she has a unique styling when compared to her sisters Cuyahoga and Saginaw. Glad you got to see and document her!
Very well done. The drone footage is spectacular.
I think that Captain has docked at Marquette a couple of times eh! It was fascinating to me to watch how the ship approached and stopped so accurately. Loved the video. It's amazing to watch these older engines still working so hard and efficiently.
Really well done. Thank you!
Another great video.
Drayton, I am super proud of you. This remastered version is awesome! I can’t wait to go back up there someday with you. I still remember when you were making your first videos… crazy to see how far you have come!
Awww, thanks little bro! Hard to believe this was recorded 8 years ago. Time flies. Love ya!
This was a truly awesome video. Great graphics! And just enough narrative. Thanks so much for making it available to us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Really exceptional production values on this video. All of the camera work is really excellent. It's easy to take for granted the right composition of a land based camera shot or the steady flow of a drone shot but I notice it all. Good work on the audio also. Really some of the best train based videos on this platform. I look forward to seeing more.
Thank you so much for this extremely kind compliment. This is the kind of feedback we strive for. It means a lot that the small things don’t go unnoticed.
What an amazing piece of engineering. Awesome video!!
Okay, this was FAR more fascinating than I had anticipated. Excellent job.
Thanks for watching! That really means a lot.
I have 3073 and 3074, ore cars, and dock in HO scale. I haven't put the dock together yet. I hope to get to the UP one of these days. Great video!
Incredible footage. Always love to learn a bit about Michigan history too.
Thank you. Love your username, btw.
This was an awesome video…thanks DIB!
Thank you for watching!
Awesome drone work!
This was beyond epic!!! I've seen videos of the Hueletts working in Cleveland, been on the Mather steamship at dock in Cleveland as well, toured the old USS Kobe steel plant while it was still operating in Lorain, kayaked past the huge piles of teconite stored along the Black River and I'm a blacksmith...but this is the first time I've ever watched anything relating to modern day mining and loading/unloading teconite. So super cool!! Thank you!! Fun to get an idea of where steel production begins!
That was fascinating. The end to end process of loading and unloading the ore is a sight to behold indeed. I used to live in New York near Lake Ontario and we could see the ore carriers at all hours of the day and night. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey cool ...Kinda weird this is the first time ...Ever seing this ...From Ashland Wi our ore dock got demolished ....Use to play on and around ...Big part of life ...Was always afraid of it but then got over the fear
Great Video!
Fascinating
Very cool. Truly beyond awesome video work assuming with live sound and somehow no propeller noise? This would not be possible without a drone. I am not much into ships but I have watched similar clips many times. Thanks for posting it was sincerely appreciated.
i have Submechanophobia but i still like seeing boats with modern locomotives from EMD and GE
Beautifully filmed and executed! This is fascinating!
Thank you so much! Love your content as well.
@@DelayInBlockProductions well, we’re all playing for second in my opinion! You’re the standard my friend.
Cool video!! Never been in town to see the docks up close, but can be see the dock from the mountain when snowmobiling
8:50 this is just beautiful
Awesome vid!!!
Thanks!
Very Interesting, This. I Lioked this hannel a lot.
Glad to hear that!
I've had family members working in the taconite mines in Northern Minnesota and at the Jackson County Mine (long since shut down) in Wisconsin. Been up to Duluth, MN and watch some of the Lakers get loaded there.
*Nice*
Thanks!
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Cleveland this is for you
How was this footage achieved? Is it mostly drone footage? If so, how do they have such ability to stay airborne for so long and at such great distances from the operator? Are they solar or battery or gas powered, or a combination of those?
The Michipcoten was steam driven until 2010!?
Also how do you get such good scene audio without the drone of it the drone?
Awesome video 👍
450 carloads is one side of the dock, 900 carloads for both sides
Nice to see dash 7's in an era in witch family members were being scrapped
For sure!
I've seen the Iron ore ship loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia and this looks like a toy train set compared to the size of that operation and the size of the ships they load.
I do not understand the concept of those pocket bunkers. Why so many small bunkers and not a big one? Does the ship has to move from pocket to pocket?
Thanks for explaining ☺️
Regards from Germany
I n c r e d i b l e !
Thank you!
question,
what is that structure in the lake on the other side with the long covered ramp??... looks like something mines use to move material.
thanks in advance
2:22 if you’re talking about the long thing that’s going out into the lake with the building that would be a lighthouse for boats
Or if you’re talking about the structure to the right I honestly have no clue I’m sorry
at 16;02 whats in the water to the right of the ship? cant believe no one seen it before me...........great video b.t.w.
That’s the pillars for the original ore dock that was replaced in 1911.
What happened to Drayton's narration? I've just returned to the channel and noticed the new guy's voice which appears to have been the case for about 3 months. What's occurred? We should be told! The content is still very good though.
I work at ScaleTrains (check out their TH-cam Channel) and don’t have as much time to work on DIB videos. Having Dave do the voiceovers really saves me a ton of time. It was my least favorite part of the process anyway.
@@DelayInBlockProductions Thanks. Much appreciated.
you gonna do a update on the napoleon defiance and western railroad
Neat
Only thing missing in this is the train going over the Dead River Trestle--
How does it come 9ff 5he boat
This should have been titled “trains and ships”. Having been to the Marquette ore docks I was really interested in learning more about them (BOTH of them) and their internal workings, processing and operations. This video did none of that and was a disappointment in that regard. Fortunately I like trains and ships and the supply chain so I wasn’t an entire waste, but I’d really love to see a video that is actually about the ore docks
I always had been terrified of hearing this lake….the same style of ship….5 sunk….all five in freak weather conditions….superior…more like sussy
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Enough, of the Ed painter videos, its cool, I like, but time for some new content:/
Looks terrible
When your a student at nmu and you see this
Fascinating
One of the best videos I've seen yet.
This is a part of America that not a lot people get to see. Thank you for this beautiful piece!
You started the video of the lighthouse that my great grandfather was the light keeper of. My grandfather grew up in the lighthouse.
awesome video, way to short ! Now I know how to pronounce 'Michipicoten' ! Thank you! Liked and subscribed!
So fascinating to see. Thank you for sharing this.
No idea how this ended up in my TH-cam gallery but what a gem. Incredible footage. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Great video. My father worked on the railroad for 44 years. He would have loved to have worked on this job.
Spectacular drone work... the best I've ever seen.
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The Ore Dock in Marquette is a Modern Marvel, completely underappreciated. When you stand on top of Mt. Marquette and see it's enormity and the engineering involved, it is incredible. It is also incredible to think of the role this dock has had in American industry and development of infrastructure around the country. So many trusses, cables, rails, new ships, vehicles have come from the Taconite and other materials.
Best video I've seen on this topic!
Very cool Drone footage.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent Video!!!!
I sailed into the Marquette ore dock many times on CSL boats during the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I never paid much attention to the trains at the time. Your drone shots and narration give me a better sense of the place.The upper peninsula is a beautiful place.🇨🇦
Wow. Great drone footage and excellent production values. Congratulations on this fine video!
Thank you very much!
I absolutely love those old Burlington Northern units.
What a cool video :) thank you for sharing
This is potentially the most interesting unique and best railfan videos I’ve ever seen.
Thanks for the kind words and for tuning in!
@@DelayInBlockProductions still waiting for y’all to make a trip to port of Houston and end up with 10 videos and hours and hours worth of absolutely amazing class ones and industrial rail and short line variations.
Thank you for sharing this with an excellent narration as a bonus! Always good to see a different perspective of home.
coolest youtube video i've watched without skipping ahead in a long time. everything about it was top notch from subject to production.
this has always fascinated me, as an east coast native. I really appreciate this, love learning new things
Over the years they have really gotten their money's worth from the hull of that ship.
Great video. Beautiful photography.
Many thanks!
Fantastic video love watching your videos keep up the great work
Thanks for the kind words!
@@DelayInBlockProductions your welcome
Some awesome video work on getting the ship loaded up. Cool!
Very Cool!!!!
THANK YOU GREAT DETAILED VIDEO
I LIVE THERE!!!!!
Me too
Great ore dock model in the Marquette museum
Anyone know why this video replaced the older one? The drone video brings a perspective that nobody has really ever been able to see in the past.
The original version had a technical error with the narration and also had terrible audio. We replaced the audio with dubbed audio of identical locomotives to enhance the viewing experience.
16:50 notice the lack of harnesses up there? I wonder what it's like during high winds.
Toledo war was a bloody battle. Ohio owned the up michigan owned toledo
Why do they only load a couple of compartments at a time?
Freighters have to be loaded (and unloaded) evenly. If the cargo is uneven, it'll cause the boat to list or in an extreme, cause damage to the hull. The boat and dock crews are coordinating this process, and the boat's crew is also continuously adjusting the levels of the ballast tanks.
Now that’s the type of info I was hoping for when I watched this! At least some of the comments make up for the disappointment of the video
excellent
Many many thanks!