More Marquette

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Bundle up Buckeroos!  It’s in the upper 40s with a predicted high of 52, but it is clearing, although windy.

Yesterday, a freighter was to arrive at the Marquette Harbor to take on ore or coal at 9PM.  We were hoping it might still be here this morning, although we suspected it likely got loaded and left.  Unfortunately our suspicions were true, the dock was empty.

The public marina is right near the ore/coal dock and we stayed here many years ago with our boat.  Not much has changed, although there is a nice park adjoining the marina which we do not recall.

From here we ventured back to the Iron Museum to see their 30 minute movie about mining the iron range in Michigan.  We drove around Negaunee looking at homes and buildings of this era, many having been restored and repurposed. 

We then headed a few miles west to Ishpeming to see the site of a Cleveland Cliffs mine site and museum.  They were closed, we suspect for the season, although info we had indicated open until end of September.  We wandered around the grounds before leaving.

This was the longest running underground iron ore mine in the U.S.  They were working at a depth of 1250 ft.

This is one of very few concrete Headframe buildings used by the mines around here. 

Returning home, we traveled Marquette’s Lakeshore Ave. that passes along the harbor with numerous parks and turnouts.  The sun was shining nicely making the views very pretty.

Tomorrow we head to Munising, about 60 miles east.