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      Work on the ore dock approaches the final stages. A huge crane sits more than 80 feet above the water on the ore dock platform. Workers in the photograph appear diminutive in comparison.

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      Black and white photo of the ore dock trestle under construction.

      Black and white photo of ore cars that would weigh an average of 50 tons. Note that the locomotive is pushing, rather than pulling the boxcars.

      Photograph of Port Arthur's CN iron ore dock and the S.S. Marquette of Cleveland. The ore dock was not yet completed but the first load of iron ore from Steep Rock was about to be loaded into the holds of the Marquette. Newspaper accounts from July 21st 1945 lead us …

      East trestle from C.N. Yard. (March 21, 1945)

      The S.S. Marquette of the Cleveland Cliffs Steamship company,is loading the first shipload of ore at the CN dock at Port Arthur. The ore dock, as shown was not yet completed when the first trainloads of ore began arriving from Steep Rock and the first ships began to move the …

      Black and white photo of Tom Stephenson, who was the general superintendent for Tomlinson Brothers, in the construction of the CN ore dock and trestle at Port Arthur.

      Black and white photo of three executives involved in the construction of the ore dock and trestle. Many relatives of Dutch Berringer still call Thunder Bay their home.

      A black and white photo of Canadian National Railway station located in Port Arthur. Port Arthur's former docks at the foot of Arthur Street (now Red River Road). Several generations of docks and wharves occupied this site for over a century. It was the hub of commercial activity with businesses, …

      Snow is being cleared from the CNR yard in Port Arthur.

      A photograph of a busy supplies yard in the foreground. In the background is the approach to the ore dock and the ore dock itself.

      Photograph showing details of iron ore dock and approach to the dock completion.

      Photograph showing the approach to the ore dock, and the ore dock itself while under construction. By July 16th of that same year, the trestle and ore dock would be complete, and the first trains from Steep Rock would begin dumping ore into the huge storage pockets.

      Photo showing unfinished ore dock on Lake Superior. The dock itself would be constructed almost entirely out of reinforced concrete, with pockets on either side to hold the iron ore. The entire dock would have 100 pockets and each pocket would hold 300 long tons of ore.

      This photograph shows a section of the still to be completed iron ore dock, built by the Canadian National Railway at Port Arthur, Ontario. Shown in the photo is a section of the mile and one half long approach to the dock, as well as a glimpse of the dock …

      Black and white photo of crane and ore dock site. The first load of iron ore came from Steep Rock Mine in July of 1945.

      Photo of the Sir Thomas Shaughnessy at the Reliance Elevator on the opening day of navigation. This was the earliest opening on record; March 27th 1945.

      Iron ore pours into the hold of the SS. Marquette from the bins of the CN ore dock at Port Arthur. Newspaper articles dated July 21 1945 lead us to believe that the year printed onto the lower left corner of the photograph is incorrect and should read 1945.

      A view of the Canadian National trestle and ore dock as they near completion.