Where does all the ore go after Ashtabula?

[hausen]

If I'm not mistaken a lot of ore that used to run through Ashtabula was headed for Wheeling-Pitt steel in Wheeling, WV. Don't know if that mill is still open, but I believe it's owned by Severstal now.

[akopin]

Thanks for the answer - that makes more sense!

[rpf13188]

There seems to be an awful lot of ore unloaded at Ashtabula, but where does it end up after that? There don't appear to be any factories or mills there - and since most steel mills (that are left) are in PA, one would think that the ore would go on to Erie. So what makes Ashtabula so special? I did find one steel mill in Burgettstown, PA, about the same distance south and in-between both ports - is there historic infrastructure (rail, etc.) that used to feed mills in Ashtabula that now [cost effectively?] feeds Ashtabula? Thanks!)

Erie doesn't have much of a rail system running north and south, whereas Ashtabula does.

[akopin]

There seems to be an awful lot of ore unloaded at Ashtabula, but where does it end up after that? There don't appear to be any factories or mills there - and since most steel mills (that are left) are in PA, one would think that the ore would go on to Erie. So what makes Ashtabula so special? I did find one steel mill in Burgettstown, PA, about the same distance south and in-between both ports - is there historic infrastructure (rail, etc.) that used to feed mills in Ashtabula that now [cost effectively?] feeds Ashtabula? Thanks!)