Tilden Mine and the pellets that keep Marquette County working
The Tilden Mine near Ishpeming is the last operating iron mine on the Marquette Range and one of the county’s largest employers.
The Lower Harbor ore dock: a working giant that went quiet
The concrete ore dock in Marquette’s Lower Harbor loaded its last freighter in 1971. It still dominates the waterfront, and the city keeps debating what to do with it.
The Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, the line that moves the ore
The Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad has hauled iron ore from the mines to Marquette for well over a century.