Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1940, p. 450

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued 1 20-ton gasoline caterpillar crane. Size of clam shell buckets used 1% yard. Method of storage direct from vessel. Storage capacity 50,000 tons bituminous, 10,000 tons anthracite. Depth of water at dock 30 feet. Can handle any size boat. m & Coon: ©. N. E.R: Supt--_I. A. Aussant. .Res; Phone 431.. SOUTH CHICAGO, ILL. Central Fuel Corp.-- Phone Stewart 4369. Location of dock 102d St. and Calumet. River. Main Office: 20 Wacker Drive. Phone Central at H. A. Requa, Mgr. and Purchasing Agent. 2 specially designed rigs built by Link Belt Co. Size of clamshells used 3% tons. Capacity per hour unloading 250 tons. Miscellaneous rigs, 2 locomotive cranes with 50- foot booms. Size of buckets used 1% tons. Coal can be unloaded directly from vessel to cars or from vessel to dock storage. Storage capacity 400,000 tons. Depth of water at dock-.22 teéet. Dock equipped to handle pig iron, steel, coal, limestone and practically any other bulk commodity except Se Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 1,200 feet, length of slip 700 feet. R. R. Conn.: Belt Ry: of Chicago, connecting all roads Supt.--Harry Freyer.. Res. Phone Radcliffe 0086... .° ° East Chicago Dock Terminal Co.-- National Terminals Corp.-- Phone Sup. 5606. Gen. Office, 589 East Illinois St., Chicago, Ill. Pres --W. W. Huggett. Dock at East Chicago, Ind. Location in Harbor at the fork of the Indiana Harbor Canal. 4 pe eed Interstate--Locomotive and Gantry type. Capacity tons Size of clamshell buckets used 1%4 and 2% yard. Capacity. per 10 hours 750 tons with 1% yard bucket each. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons with 2% yard bucket each. 2 hoppers with 50 ton capacity each (16x16). Gallon tank storage capacity 1,200,000. Length of dock 1,700 feet. Dock equipped to handle all bulk commodities. Open storage for bulk and coarse commodities (17 acres). Equipped with 55 inch and 65 inch magnets for steel. Storage capacity--unlimited. 2 55- and 2 /0-foot booms on tranes. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Can handle any size boat up to 55-foot beam. RR. Conn: LAB. B. & C.F. Feana, ©. J. Supt.--John.S, Gray.' Res. Phone Pullman 7413. Illinois Steel Co. (Rail Loading Dock) (Carnegie Illinois Steel Co. aS North Slip Dock. Locomotive cranes used. Use any number machines necessary. Work day and night. Capacity 2,400 tons in 48 hours. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can load two medium sized boats at once. Illinois Steel Co. (Rail Loading Dock) (Carnegie Illinois Steel Co.)-- South Slip Dock. Locomotive cranes used. Use any number machines necessary. Work day and night. Capacity 2,400 tons in 48 hours. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can load two medium sized boats at once. Interlake Iron Corp.-- Phone South 9180. Chicago Coke Ovens, 112th' St. and Torrence Ave. Office: 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wabash 6100. Fast plant; 2 steam rigs. Size of clamshells used 2 ton, 24-foot cleanup clam. Capacity per 10 hours 3,600 tons. READ ore EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 450

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