Company records, 1874-1984.

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Company records, 1874-1984.

Personnel, financial, and other records of a Duluth, Minnesota-based railroad owned for many years by United States Steel Corporation that transported iron ore and taconite pellets from mines on the Vermilion and Mesabi iron ranges in northeastern Minnesota to ports at Two Harbors (Minnesota) and Duluth, for transportation via ore boats to eastern steel mills. Includes records of two predecessor railroad companies and several subsidiary land, mining, power, and transfer railway companies.

124.0 cu. ft. (114 boxes and 1 oversize volume, unboxed).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315797

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889

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Edna G (Tugboat).

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Interstate Transfer Railway Company (Superior, Wis.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k70k0j (corporateBody)

Proctor Water Power & Light Company (Proctor, Minn.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc13sk (corporateBody)

Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx9gwf (corporateBody)

Agate Land Company (Superior, Wis.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v8h1r (corporateBody)

United States Steel Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s5jrx (corporateBody)

American Steel & Wire Co., descendant from Washburn & Moen, acquired by U.S. Steel in 1901 and became its American Steel & Wire Division; employed 4000 workers during 1940s; facilities expansion at South Works plant in 1957-1958; ceased operations in Worcester in 1977. From the description of United States Steel Corporation photograph collection, 1940-1970 (bulk 1957-1958). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965884 On June 30, 1960, U.S. Steel Corporat...

Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63820xc (corporateBody)

Merritt, Leonidas, 1844-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6320n9b (person)

Spirit Lake Transfer Railway Company (Duluth, Minn.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h7m1q (corporateBody)

Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q3012p (corporateBody)

Johnson, Horace.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r24053 (person)

Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1874 under the laws of the state of Minnesota, the company operated a line from Duluth to Vermilion Lake via Two Harbors, Minn. This series of 18 drawings depicts the company's tug "Edna G." From the description of Tug drawings, 1896-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313866102 ...