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To: central_va

I think the basis for this location (from the old days) was the freighters could deliver the iron ore from the Minnesota iron range right to the steelmaking plant on the lakefront. Cleveland was the same way.


14 posted on 01/22/2015 2:15:20 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation

Can’t ore float down the Mississippi?


16 posted on 01/22/2015 2:16:34 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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