Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1940, p. 396

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Koenig Coal & Supply Co-- ~ Phone Cadillac 1584. Location: River Rouge at Crown St. 1486 Gratiot Ave. Use self-unloading boats only. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. Storage capacity 130,000 tons. 2 cranes, with 55 foot booms. *. R. Conn. MC. Supt.--Earl Gray. Marine Terminals Corp.-- Phone No. Lenox 7755. Foot Lycaste St. 3 Browning Hoists. Length of booms 50 feet. Capacity 25 tons. Size of magnets used 45 inches. 1 Gantry crane. Bulk storage 150,000 tons. Length of dock 1,400 feet. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. 4 miles railroad 'track for storage. Can handle any size boat. Maximum beam of boat 50 feet. R. R. Conn.: Detroit Terminal--Wabash--Penna.--P. M. Mer.--Samuel Raskin. Residence Phone University 1-8829. Nicholson Material Dock Co. (Sand Dock)-- | Phong VI 1-7200. Location: East side of River Rouge, above Jefferson Ave. Bridge. Address of Operator: 9690 W. Jefferson Ave. 2 locomotive cranes with 2-ton clamshells. Storage capacity 70,000 tons sand and gravel. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. Mer.--W. S. Brown. Supt.--H. L. Bliss. Pine Ridge Coal Co. (Fuel Dock)-- Phone Randolph 3952. 1325 E. Atwater St. A. D. Cronin, Mgr., Fidelity Trust Bldg. Phone Randolph 6643. Vessel fueling 900 tons per hour. Use self-unloading boats only. 1 bridge. 3 ton clam shell used. Depth of water 23 feet. Storage capacity 70,000 tons. Can handle any size boat. RR: Conn. GT: Supt.--Mel. Elsey. Ford Motor Co.-- 3674 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Mich. Phone Oregon 4600. Located up River Rouge, Dearborn, Mich. 2 Huelett unloaders. Size of clam shells used 12 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 8,000 tons. 1 Mead-Morrison. Capacity per 10 hours 4,000 tons. Storage capacity 1,000,000 tons. (Sand direct to cars.) Ore, coal, stone direct to bins. Depth of water at dock 20 to 21 feet. Can handle any length boat or beam. KR. Conn: DT. & 1. MC Wabash. Supt.--D. L. Hewkirk. Ford Motor Co. (Coke and Slag Dock)-- Phone Oregon 4600. Located on Rouge River, east bank, north of Dix Ave. Bridge. Ford Motor Co., 3674 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Mich. Use belt conveyor. Capacity per 10 hours 2,500 to 3,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. RK. &, Conn: DT. & 1 Supt.--D. L. Newkirk. READ CARFFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 396

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