These Ore Docks Made TRILLIONS of Dollars!

[@ConnorTenold]

Researching and finding photos for this video was really hard. If any of the information is slightly off that's why.

[@NorthernElevations]

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but I've been working on getting drone footage of different ships (though really only around the Soo Locks so far). If you'd want to try using some of that footage in a future video shoot me a message! (I'm not looking for cash, but a shoutout or something could be cool)

[@chaos0852]

I believe his name is Douglass HOughton, emphasis on the HO, like Houghton Lake

[@JohnCompton1]

Be cool to see an explore on some of these abandoned facilities...very interesting video on something I was totally unaware of, yet built the country around me. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@HahnJames]

Outstanding video, Connor! You attention to detail was very impressive. Presque Isle is an island at the northern end of Marquette's upper harbor and is also a city park aptly named, "Presque Isle Park." There's a breaker wall that extends 2 miles into Lake Superior from that park to protect the upper harbor. For half the distance, it's concrete with iron capstans that look like marine bollards about every 50 feet. The rest was constructed of huge chunks of broken concrete with a light tower at the end of the wall that also holds a huge horn. The concrete chunks were a pain to navigate over. When it was really foggy, you could hear that horn all over the city. Nobody can go out on that breaker wall anymore, though. Access to the shore end of the wall is fenced off. In mid November of my second year at NMU, an unbelievable tragedy struck. Two best friends had met when they were about 4 years old and had stayed best friends all through school. They had decided to go to Northern Michigan U. together and be roommates. It had been freezing during the nights and hadn't been getting warm enough during the days to warm up the concrete. Water going over the wall had left a sheet of very smooth ice on the breaker wall. Both of these guys went out onto the wall. One of them slipped and fell into the water on the harbor side of the wall. Without thinking, his friend jumped in to save him. Witnesses on the shore called for help immediately but they reported not being able to see the two young men. Sheriff's and Coast Guard divers searched the upper harbor thoroughly but, could not find them. They finally gave up having to presume that the two had perished. Winter came and went. As the ice in the harbor began to break up, the two university freshmen were found in the ice next to the breaker wall. They were next to each other. They were only 18 years old.

[@ConnorTenold]

Thanks! I was wondering what that was when I was at Marquette. That friend died in honor though trying to save his friend. R.I.P them both......I hope to see them in the kingdom.

[@HahnJames]

@@ConnorTenold It was a shock for the university community. NMU is a kind of small school with an undergraduate enrollment that hovers between 7,000 and 7,500. The campus is beautiful with land on the shore. It was hard leaving there but, in good weather, it was an 8 1/2 hour drive home to the North Metro Detroit area. The young man diving into the freezing water to save his friend did it without any thought of self. It was totally out of love for his friend. We are blessed to have just one person like that in our lives outside of our family. I look forward to meeting them both when Jesus returns to gather his flock. I think it would be cool to meet you, too. If possible, before that time when Jesus comes again. Maybe it could happen sometime in a couple of years. The choice to meet and the timing of doing so would be completely up to you. Until then, I'll just keep watching your videos and doing these little chats that we do every now and then.

[@hiptonics]

Thanks for more great shipping info on the Great Lakes!

[@chuckg6039]

Wow. Great video Connor. One of your best without question. Many people have no idea just how many were built and in many towns. Not many are operational today....but the ones that are help transport an unbelievable amount of ore.

[@ConnorTenold]

Thank you! Certainly an overlooked part of history. Was really hard to find information on this, which just shows how forgoten these sadly are to many.

[@SteveMikre44]

Excellent documentary. Well done...

[@ConnorTenold]

Thanks!!!

[@danlowe8684]

What's amazing is that the impressive 62,000 tons shipped from Two Harbors in all of 1884 can be handled today by just one 1000' ship!! Great video.

[@johnstudd4245]

Nice to see a pic of the Valley Camp back in her operating days(@9:22). Now of course a museum ship at the Soo.

[@spkernal]

Excellent work Conner. Keep it up.

[@ConnorTenold]

Thank you!

[@mprooveit3588]

Nice job! Taconite Harbor actually operated into the 2000s. Among the dock's unique features was the ability to unload the entire train while in motion. The current Escanaba dock doesn't seem all that different in concept from the MERC coal dock in Superior.

[@ConnorTenold]

That was the coal recieving part that operated into the 2000's I thought. I didn't realize that about the dock woth its unique feature so thanks for sharing!

[@chrism6271]

Also, ashland has a total of 5 ore docks. C&NW Docks 1-3, Wisconsin Central and Soo line

[@fhwolthuis]

Excellent video, Connor 👌😃

[@ConnorTenold]

Thanks!

[@yeetymagee961]

Great video, I find the old GN docks in superior very interesting cool to see a in depth video.

[@ConnorTenold]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@flynlr]

love this video. . I was familiar with most of the docks but a few I had never heard of.

[@ConnorTenold]

Thanks! I'm glad I could bring them to your attention.

[@chrism6271]

Nice to see you used some of my photos but no credits

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Iron ore mining is not as sexy as gold mining but the money is insane

[@gus2535]

It would be nice if you gave proper credit to the photographers who took the photos you used in your video. Especially since you cropped out their watermarks in some photos.

[@ConnorTenold]

True, I'll put credit to the photographers in the description. Of course I don't know who took each one so I'll do all the ones I know of. they weren't cropped out intentionally it was to fit it to the screen.

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

wow goes way back to 1800s thats when the ice age gave all the dinosaurs frostbite on their tails and the tails fell off causing to tip over and thats how they died

[@russelllemieux]

54806 dood ....To bad shes gone .

[@theresemalmberg955]

His name is pronounced Douglas HOE-ton, not HAW-ton.

[@ConnorTenold]

Thanks for clearing that up, I was previously informed it was Haw-ton from a google pronounciation. Obviously it was wrong.

[@guyordorff8355]

And unfortunately most are torn down or abandoned 😢