Key Harbour
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The steamer Maryland docked at Key Harbour awaiting a cargo of iron ore from the Moose Mountain Mine, ca. 1910
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The Key Harbour power house boilers, ca. 1913
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A train chugging along from the ore docks in a view taken from a ship.
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The ore docks at Key Harbour where the ore was transferred from the train to the steamer, ca. 1916
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Iron ore dock hopper buildings, ca. 1916
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A Norfolk and Western car in front of the iron ore dock hopper buildings, ca. 1916
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The S.B. Wayne, owned by the Valley Camp Steamship line, was a self unloading coal ship.
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The iron ore dock
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Dredges and barges along with a commercial tug at the coal docks.
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The powerhouse in 1936
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Two employees in front of a converted boxcar parked on a siding. This served as the railway's work crew sleeping quarters.
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Art Gropp's first. jitney. These were used to shuttle passengers to the cottage area and to move packed frozen fish out to market.
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Art Gropp's mill at Key Harbour.
His first closed-in jitney, which must have been far more convenient for his passengers, is in the foreground.
His first closed-in jitney, which must have been far more convenient for his passengers, is in the foreground.
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The customs building, the railway boarding house and Mrs. Hazzard's store.
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The Murray store on the left and McKay cottage on the right.
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Pete Murray in his store, opened in 1939
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Cottagers began arriving in the 40s and 50s.
MacLeod Camps at Key Harbour was one of the places where they would have stayed., ca. 1950s
MacLeod Camps at Key Harbour was one of the places where they would have stayed., ca. 1950s
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Aalto's Isle was another vacation spot.
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Aalto's Isle, ca. 1960s
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