Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1945, p. 419

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Soward's Coal Co., Ltd.-- Phone 155. Location: Inner harbor. Storage capacity 15,000 tons anthracite, 8,000 tons bituminous. Length of dock 400 feet. Slip 510 feet. Width 60 feet. Depth of water at dock 14 feet. Use self-unloading boats only. Can handle Welland Canal size boat up to 280 feet. R. EK: Conn.: ©: P. R. Megr.--J. F. Soward. Supt.--C. Vallier. James Swift & Co.-- Phone 135. Foot Johnson St. Use self-unloading boats only. Nicholson Electric Conveyor. Capacity per 10 hours 600 tons. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 15 feet. Length of boat can reach dock 200 feet with 60 foot beam. Mer. --H. R. Hart. Res. Phone 2535. LAKE LINDEN, MICH. Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co. Dock No. 2-- | Located on Torch Lake between Lake Linden & Hubbell. 1 Mead-Morrison. Size of clam shell used 7 and 9 ton. Size of clam shell used for clean up 51% ton. Capacity per 24 hours 10,000 tons. Storage capacity 500,000 tons. Depth of water at the dock 18 feet. Can handle any size boat. KR. R. Conn.: G. & He BR. RK. Supt.--Wm. Dusseault. L'ANSE, MICH. Ford Motor Co. (Keweenaw Bay)-- 3 Brown Hoists. Size of clam shells 2--3 ton, 1--2 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 2,400 tons. Storage capacity 20,000 tons. Depth of water 21 feet. Can handle any size boat. RR. Conn.: D.. S28. & A. Supt.--R. Hanna. LEVIS, QUEBEC Canadian National Railways-- Dock located on St. Lawrence River. Purchasing Agent--D. D. McK. Ford and G. H. Jenkins, Fuel Agt., Montreal, Que. Megr.--Geo. Murphy. 2 Mead-Morrison Bridges. 2 ton clam shells used. Capacity per 8 hours 2,000 tons. Storage capacity 350,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 35 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 450 feet. RoR. Conn.: ©. N. BR. BR: Foun! & Fils, Ltd.-- Dock located on St. Lawrence River. Mer.--J. A. Paquet, 65 Commercial £t. 1 Lima crane. 2 ton clam shell used. Capacity per 10 hours 2,000 tons. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 35 feet. Length of dock 700 feet. R. R. Conn. C: N. BR. R; LIME ISLAND, MICH. Pittsburgh Coal Co. (Fueling Station)--Soo River-- 36 miles below Soo Locks. 1 Wellman-Seaver-Morgan and 1 McMyler. Length of boom 75 feet. Size of clam shells used 2 ton. Unloading capacity per 10 hours 2,000 tons. Storage capacity 16,000 tons. SEE OUR COMPLETE MAPS OF HARBORS 419

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy