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Ashtabula stockholders invested in Normania
The shipping season of 1909 delivered nothing but progress to Ashtabula Harbor. The first four of eight Hulett electric unloaders went online that summer at the Lake Shore’s (New York Central) Superior extension docks on the river’s east side. As the operators became comfortable with…
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Ashtabula Harbor, a history
In the fall of 2016 I embarked upon the most ambitious writing project of my life, crafting a history of Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. Why? For more than two decades, The Harbor was the greatest iron ore receiving port in the world. More iron ore flowed through…