How to Ship 800 Billion Pounds of Rock (The Marquette Ore Docks)

In 1912, a steampunk-looking structure was built in Marquette, Michigan's Upper Harbor. More than a century later, it's still there — and still working. But what is this thing? Thanks to Consensus for supporting this video! You can learn more about their search engine at https://www.consensus.app/. ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at https://www.alexisdahl.com/support. 👋🏻 Find Me Elsewhere: • Find stickers, hats, and other merchandise related to these videos: http://www.alexisdahl.com/store • Want to get e-mails about my latest videos and other happenings? You can sign up here: http://www.alexisdahl.com/newsletter • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at http://www.alexisdahl.com/ • On Instagram, I upload nature photos, plus odds and ends:   / alexis.writes   📖 Key sources I used to research this video: https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/... https://www.mininghistoryassociation.... https://www.mininghistoryassociation.... https://www.michiganpublic.org/transp... https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&... https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/27/oa_monogr... https://www.hmdb.org/Photos7/706/Phot... http://www.clevelandmemory.org/glihc/... PDF: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services... PDF: https://ia800708.us.archive.org/view_... https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items... https://www.oredockboteco.org/the-pla... https://www.loc.gov/item/mi0411/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=216246 https://www.marquettemi.gov/commissio... https://www.miningjournal.net/news/fr... https://nmu.edu/upperpeninsulastudies... https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/opera... https://michiganology.org/stories/iro... PDF: https://lcaships.com/wp-content/uploa... https://www.travelmarquette.com/thing... https://www.michiganbuildingtrades.or... https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/... 📷 Image Credits: Photo of Michigan Stadium, credit to GoBlue9: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...