Hopefully people can forgive my amateurish photo-taking abilities, but I thought I would share some photos of what is probably a little-known city to most on this forum. Marquette only has a population of about 25,000, but as the largest city on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, it is a regional centre with a large hospital and university.
I am only visiting on business, so I don't know a whole lot about the city. I was impressed by the historic buildings dotting the city which seem far more extraordinary when considering that Marquette's history is largely as a resource town, serving as the port for the nearby iron mines.
These are the old ore docks, no longer in use, but the first of their kind in the world. Rail cars full of iron ore would travel over the structure and dump the ore into chutes which direct it onto the ship.
I'm perplexed by this building. It now seems to be used for offices, but the tower seems somewhat out-of-place for an office building. The tower suggests it may have previously been a church, but the rest of the building seems to lack any obvious sanctuary space. Anyone have any ideas?
The sign says Upper Michigan Motors Corporation. I wonder if this is what an early car dealership looked like. If so, it makes me sad to see what they used to be compared to what they have become.
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