Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1940, p. 424

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co.-- Phone Lakeside 5400. Location: Cherry St., Milwaukee River. 2150 North Prospect Ave. Mer.--J. W. Simpson. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 20,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Can handle 480-foot boat with 54-foot beam. bk Rk. Conn.: None. Supt.--R. W. Brodie. Purchasing Agent--E. M. Kobow. Municipal Harbor. Terminal-- Board of Harbor Commissioners. 709 City Hall, Milwaukee, Wis. (1) Municipal Open Dock Terminal-- Located on Kinnickinnic River, south of Harbor Entrance. 1 Orton Crane & Shovel Co. locomotive crane. Length of boom 60 feet; 30-ton capacity at 12-foot radius. Capacity per 10 hours approximately 350 tons. 2 McMyler Interstate Gantry cranes. Length of booms 55 feet; 25-ton capacity at 12-foot radius. Capacity per 10 hours approximately 350 tons each. Method of storage, 26,000 square feet open storage. Length of dock 1,380 feet. Depth of water alongside dock 20 feet. Can handle any size vessel. R. R. Conn.: Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Supt.--G. W. Lewis. (2) Municipal South Pier No. 1-- Located on Harbor of Refuge, south of Harbor Entrance. 2 McMyler Interstate gantry cranes. Length of booms 55 feet; 25-ton capacity at 12-foot radius. Capacity per 10 hours approximately 350 tons each. Method of storage, approximately 76,000 sq. ft. open storage. Usable length of dock 1,920 feet. Depth of water alongside dock 25 feet. (3) National Terminals Corp. North Western Fuel Co.-- Can handle any size vessel. R. R. Conn.: Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Supt.--G. W. Lewis. Municipal Transit Shed No. 1-- Located on South Slip No. 1, on Harbor of Refuge, south of Harbor Entrance. 2 American Hoist & Derrick Co. straight-line semi-portal gantry cranes. 5-ton capacity. Capacity per 10 hours approximately 400 tons each. Transit shed 448'x90', steel and wrought iron construction. Length of dock 950 feet. Depth of water alongside dock 25 feet. Can handle any size vessel. R. R. Conn.: Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Supt--G. W. Lewis. Phone Mitchell 5644. Located at foot of Kinnickinnic River. Megr.--Willis Warren. Res. Phone Greenfield 0212. 1 crane equipped with 40 foot boom. Capacity 214 tons with 40 foot radius. Capacity unloading 50 tons per hour. Reach of boom from end of dock 25 feet. Storage capacity inside 14,000 tons. Size of warehouse 400x450 feet, concrete fireproof construction. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 650 feet. RK. RB. Coon: CC. M. St. P. & P----Soo Line. Supt.--Geo. Cedar. Res. Phone Mitchell 6615. Phone Marquette 7200. Gen. Office East First National Bank Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Menominee River at 12th St. Purchasing Agent--C. B. Garvin, St. Paul, Minn. Mer.--G. M. MacDonald. 1 Mead-Morrison Man Trolley Bridge. 10 ton clam shell used. SEE OUR COMPLETE MAPS OF HARBORS 424

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