Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1940, p. 387

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued CHICAGO, ILL. (North Branch and South Branch) Length of dock 300 feet. (See South Chicago Also.) a Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 25,000 tons. Anchor Storage Co.-- Phone Delaware 6554. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. emer = se ee block east Michigan Ave. Bridge. R BR Conn Ulinois Central ce orth Water St. Md & ; 2 Bes CG oe Mer.--Harry F. Partridge. Res. Phone Wentworth 3641. See i ee 1 electric 5 ton crane with 32 foot boom. Eldridge Coal & Coke Co.-- 4 portable electric conveyors. Location: 1931 N. Mendell St. (North Branch). Phone Bruns- Inside covered storage 15,000 tons. wick 1900. Size of warehouse 225,000 square feet. Length of dock 400 feet. - Sprinkling system (dry system). Depth of water at dock 12 to 18 feet. Length of dock 200 feet. Storage capacity 55,000 tons. Can handle any size boat, but handle package freight only. Mer.--Fred E. Koch. i. oe Conn. - Cc. & N. W. and all roads entering Chicago. Use self-unloading boats only. Supt--Fred Valek. 1 Brown Hoist with 34 ton bucket. 2 steam cranes, Consumers Co. (Coal Dock)-- Phone Randolph 1063. R PR Couns € & NW Purchasing Agent--R. E. Thocher, 111 W. Washington. Location: 400 feet west of the mouth of river. Hedstrom Coal Co., E. L. (North Ave.)-- Office, 111 W. Washington St. Phone Franklin 6400. Old Colony Bldg., 37 W. Van Buren. Megr.--Lee W. Murphy. Res. Phone Merrimac 8992. 2 Mead-Morrison. ~ 2 McMyler Interstate Rigs with 50 foot booms. ; 1 ton clam shells used. Capacity of each machine per hour 100 tons. Capacity per day 2,000 tons. Reach of boom from end of dock 35 feet. Storage capacity 30,000 tons. Automatic weighing extension belt conveyor, electrically oper- Depth of water 18 feet 6 inches. ated, with capacity of 300 tons per hour. Maximum length of boat 465 feet. Can fuel all types of boats. Maximum beam of boat 54 feet. Storage capacity 40,000 tons. Supt.--Victor Fragerstrom. Length of dock 300 feet. Purchasing Agent--W. D. Kelly. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 525 feet. Holland Coal Co.-- Dock open and operating day and night. 1424 Easton Ave. (North Branch). R RR Conn.: Vinois Central. et: oo J Holland. -- d. Res. Phone Esterbrook 3091. ength Of doc eet. Sn Bee 2 McMyler and 1 Brown Hoist. Crerar Clinch Coal Co.--_ Phone State -1115. Storage capacity 25,000 tons. Location: Foot of Chicago River. Depth of water at dock 16 feet. Oface, 230 South Clark St. Phone State Till. RR Conn: CC. & N. W. Mer.--F. G. Reed. Supt.--W. M. Callahan. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 387

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