Tugboat Power....

The retired tugboat floats in the harbor of Two Harbors, Minnesota.  It was used to help position the big ships into the load stations of iron ore. The background shows the many shoots that could be lowered into a a shipping barge. The iron ore business has been allowed to reopen and the mines are being worked.  The processing plants at Silver Bay are back up and running and we are back making our own steel. The ore is processed into small marble sized pellets and that is sold to companies to melt down for manufacturing.

This large cargo ship is sitting on the back side of the loading dock. You see how large that ship is and once filled it will head back across the great lakes to get to the east coast.