A Journey Through the Michigan Iron Industry Museum
This video is one of nine in a series of slideshows produced by youth in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as part of a project called The Land I Love. This piece is on the Michigan Iron Industry Museum and surrounding grounds near Negaunee, Michigan. The goal of the project is to capture the perspective of young people on the natural, cultural and historical places in the U.P. they feel are unique, distinctive and special to them. The project encourages youth ownership of the land while building leadership and media skills. The photographs and text of the shows were produced by the youth.
Michigan Iron Industry Museum - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Marquette, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section starts at the Michigan Iron Industry Museum and takes the rider back to the main Iron Ore Heritage Trail.
Discovery of Iron Ore Negaunee Michigan
William Austin Burt
Let's Visit Negaunee, MI
Located west of Marquette, MI, Negaunee, MI is in the heart of iron ore country with its roots in the iron ore industry. The downtown area, the trails (including in the area near the Jackson Mine), Teal Lake, and the friendly locals make Negaunee a wonderful place to visit. The city of Ishpeming is also only a few miles west of Negaunee.
NOTE: I have learned that the Vista Theater is still in use today! It appeared that it only was closed for the day (or for the holiday weekend). Special thanks to YouTube user, Alex Watanen, for the correction!
Sunshine Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Exploring Michigan's Iron Industry Museum
Exploring Michigan's Iron Industry Museum
Museum to Negaunee - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Negaunee, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section takes riders from the turn off to the Michigan Iron History Museum to the East end of Negaunee, MI.
Michigan Iron Mining Museum
Firing the Cannon, part one!
Iron Ore, Great Moments in Michigan History
This is an audio project I produced at Lansing Community College about the history, discovery, and use of Iron Ore in Michigan and how useful and important it was to the shaping of Industry in the state. I am also using this as an entry to the 2016 Michigan Student Broadcast Awards.
Discovering - Marble Arms Exhibit, UP Collectibles Exhibit
Marble Arms exhibit, Inventing the Outdoors, at Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Ishpeming.
Marquette County Collects exhibit at the Marquette Regional History Center in Marquette.
Delaware Mine celebrates 40th anniversary
The Delaware Mine opened its doors for the public to tour 40 years ago today. The owners hosted a celebration in Mohawk and unveiled a new addition.
Lunch Time at the Mine
Lunch in the underground mines. A scene from Cliffs of Iron: Immigrants and Promise on the Marquette Range. Availabe at talkinguerilla.com
The Pyne Mine Past & Present
A photo & video compilation of the historic Woodward Iron Company's Pyne Red Ore Mine. One of only two vertical shaft red ore mines in the Birmingham District (The other being the Redding Shaft owned by Woodard Also) the Pyne Mine was the deepest shaft mine in the United States. Opened in 1921 and revitalized during World War Two the Pyne Mine produced over one million tons of red ore annually up until it ceased operations in 1971. Hundreds of miners descended every day down into the deep shaft to work the vast underground expanse the stretched for miles in every direction that went even deeper to depths of 2500-3000 feet following the rich red ore seam. Today the mine site resides on private property. many of the original structures remain along with the impressive hoist frame. Permission was granted by the property owners to visit the site.
Negaunee to Ishpeming - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Marquette, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section takes you from Negaunee to Ishpeming. There are lots of kiosks and signs about the area mining history along this trail.
Jackson Miners' Park - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Negaunee, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section finishes on the West end of Main Street in Negaunee at Jackson Miners' Park where you will find an info Kiosk and a historic building.
Pellet Pavilion to Museum - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Marquette, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section starts at the pellet pavilion constructed to protect the trail from falling iron ore pellets thrown from the trains that pass above. Riders head West to the intersection where they can turn and visit the Michigan Iron Industry Museum.
Ishpeming iron mining museum
Shot by Wayne wd8cyb
Buzz The Gut 2014
The 13th annual Buzz The Gut Classic Car Show & Cruise was held Saturday, August 8, 2014 in Ishpeming, Michigan. This year's event featured over 270 classic cars from all over Michigan & northern Wisconsin.
This video features the Negaunee, Michigan leg of the classic cruise.
Don't forget to mark your calendar for the August 2015 show!
Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Marquette County, MI
Watch all 24 miles (in 3 mins) of the Iron Ore Heritage Trail running from Harvey to Ishpeming in Marquette County, MI.
Ore Dock, shot off of Outer Is. 10-16-2012
Ore Dock Demolition
Michigan Central Railroad Locomotive Shops - Jackson, Michigan
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Miller Trucking & Storage Co. is the proud owner of the former Michigan Central Railroad shop facilities at Jackson Yard, which permanently closed as a repair facility in the mid-1970s. After a series of fires, Miller Trucking rebuilt most of the interior of the historic shop buildings that are now utilized as warehouse and storage space for large equipment and machinery for customers.
Also on site at Miller Trucking is a former Penn Central boxcar, which was moved to Miller in 2017 from another business in Jackson. The boxcar was left in place with the rails removed in the 1970s. The business it was left next to used it as a storage shed for many years until it was decided the boxcar needed to be removed from the property. It is uncertain what will become of this boxcar, but for now, it’s safe at Miller Trucking.
Warehouse no. 5 is the former Michigan Central Railroad locomotive shop. It’s also the same building where the unloaded steel coils are stored. Miller uses a track mobile to shove the cars into the facility and utilizes overhead cranes to place the coils on the shop floor. This building was where the Michigan Central and later New York Central built and repaired steam locomotives for nearly eighty years. The other major locomotive and car shop facility on the Michigan Central was at St. Thomas, Ontario.
In spring of 1949, the shops closed temporarily because of a Toledo coal strike and were supposed to re-open in July of that year. However, because of changes in the railroad industry and the gradual transition from steam to diesel, it was decided that the shops would no longer be utilized as a steam locomotive maintenance facility. The remainder of the buildings in the yard were utilized for generalized repair and storage until Conrail leased and later sold the property to Miller in the late-1970s.
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