The Missabe Road
The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
The history of the ore boom on the Iron Range and the role railroads played
224 Pages, 9 x 11 in
- Paperback
- 9780816640836
- Published: May 9, 2003
- Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
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The Missabe Road
The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
ISBN: 9780816640836
Publication date: May 9th, 2003
224 Pages
11 x 8
The history of the ore boom on the Iron Range and the role railroads played
In 1865, the nation’s largest iron ore deposits were discovered in northern Minnesota, and life in the area was irrevocably altered as an economic boom transformed the region. In the 1880s and 1890s, two railroads, the Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road and the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (which later merged), moved massive shipments of ore to the docks on Lake Superior.
The Missabe Road tells the complete story of the DM&IR: its construction, early operation, line extensions, passenger service, rolling stock, steam locomotives, and today’s modern diesels. Frank King examines underground and open pit mining operations, modern-day taconite mining, the handling and transportation of ore to the docks, and the loading of boats.
Frank A. King (1923–1985) worked for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway for his entire career, retiring as senior industrial engineer. His articles and photographs appeared in Trains Magazine, Railroad Magazine, and other publications.
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