Re: Export Ore Question
Author: WAF
Date: 01-13-2013 - 16:28
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> SLOCONDR Wrote:
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> > Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> > > Thanks SLO. Do you remember what year the
> > export
> > > Eagle Mtn. taconite trains ceased, and where
> > did
> > > they go in the harbor?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > PDX
> >
> > PDX
> > I don't recall the year, but the Eagle Mtn.
> > taconite went to both Long Beach and San Pedro
> ore
> > and coal unloading facilities. It's been over
> 40
> > years since I worked those jobs so I don't
> recall
> > the berths or names of them, except Metro
> > Stevedore in LB.
> >
> > V
> >
> > SLOCONDR
>
> The Export Ore was still running in early 1972
> when I was "exported" off the LA Division. WAF
> might know.
Can't say for sure, in the 70s, but early or late, I don't know