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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 25

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Detroit, Michigan
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25
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DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturdav. Ausr. 1956 2. 'JyjgZZ-- JLar" -2-- Q)nn "Pi -r i tfff'ftiiiiMiiTiiViiiiliinr ii roir Is PRIDE OF THE "BIG FLEET, the Jom G. Miiison is the Great Lakes largest self-unloading vessel and the flagship of Michigan Limestone Division's Bradley Transportation Line.

Seven Bradley self-unloaders carry limestone from Rogers City and Cedarville to all points on the Great Lakes. They'll soon be joined by two more ships to meet the expanding demand for high-grade, low-cost Michigan limestone. WW3, i--AiiSA-: vr-xoci v. ijiiiimiflarrtrtMaaofaMaaaiM 5 -r. C.C -4 fLz -T1, NEWEST PORT ON THE LAKES, Tort Dolomite was opened last year as 1 feN? the shipping point for Michigan Limestone Division's new Cedarville T.

Quarry, constructed on the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan's scenic i a Upper Peninsula. Port Dolomite represents an important investment ky U-S- Steel in the future of North Michigan's limestone industry and emphasizes the role of Groat Lakes shipping in its development. vJ- "'err 1 1 iv ip 4 a- i. In typical, dynamic Michigan spirit, the Free Press has taken "Michigan Tomorrow' as the theme of its 125th anniversary supplements. For while it is good to take stock of Michigan's great accomplishments in the fields of culture, commerce, industry, transportation, agriculture and recreation," all of us know that greater things are to come.

United States Steel is proud to be a member of the Michigan family, through its Michigan Limestone Division. We are proud, too, that the iong-dreamed-of Mackinac Bridge which will play such a large part in Michigan's future development is fast being made a reality by the skilled men of our American Bridge Division. You may be sure that in Michigan Tomorrow, men and women of steel will continue to cooperate with energy, enterprise and faith as your partners in progress. BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S END, the hundred -mi 11 ion -dollar Mackinac Bridge is expected to be carrying traffic between Michigan's peninsulas. Workers from U.S.

Steel's American Bridge Division are now spinning the cables, approximately 24V inches in diameter, which will cimnnrt the Rertion. Photo shows north main cable anchor- age pier, with catwalks used by workers during spinning operation. "XT -Of ''idat VSwwref, jfc IMIM II VISITORS ARE WELCOME to stop at the Lookout Toint at Rogers City, on U.S. Highway 23, for an over-all view and explanation of the world's largest open-pit limestone quarry, operated by our Michigan Limestone Division. The Calcite Quarry, located in the heart of Michigan's famous limestone region, has supplied this vilal raw material to steel, i ii lmo chemical, cement, construction ana otner luulrl5i Min-e pmiil.llip.H.li 111 1 I mi-n, mfinr--n--rn-ii-i-n 1 T-i 9 fc.

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