Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1947, p. 406

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued 2 55- and 2 70-foot booms on cranes; 2 will reach 50 feet from end of dock. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Can handle boats of any size with 55 foot beam. R. R. Conn.: Chicago Terminal--Indiana Harbor Belt---Penna. --B. & O.--E. J. & E. Supt.--John S. Gray. Res. Phone Pullman 7413. Cities Service Oil Co.-- Phone E. Chicago 3142. Location: Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. Mer.--Lee Haugen. Length of dock 600 feet. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Material Service Corp.-- Located on Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. Office: 33 North LaSalle St., Chicago. Phone Fra. 3600. Mgr.--Arnold Sobel. 1 Link Belt with 45 foot boom. Capacity per 10 hours 1,800 tons. Storage capacity 40,000 tons. Length of dock 400 feet. Depth of water at dock 19'6". Can handle any size boat. Supt.--Arch. Kelly. Shell Oil Co.-- Phone E. Chicago 3484. Location: Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. . Office, 200 Carrell St. Phone E. Chicago 2081. Mer.--F. C. Cutting. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Can handle any size boat. Supt.--V. W. Parker. Watson Coal Co.-- Dock located on Indiana Harbor ship canal. Operator--East Chicago Dock terminal. Purchasing Agent--John Gray, 589 E. Illinois St. Dock equipped for bunkering facilities. 3 locomotive cranes. 2 50 ton Gantry's. Capacity per 10 hours 8,000 tons. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle any size boat with 55 foot beam. Length of dock 1,800 feet. R. R. Conn.: Indiana Harbor Belt. ECORSE, MICH. Fuel Oil Corporation-- Main Office: 3112 Book Tower. Mgr.--T. B. Mann. Phone Cherry 3880. Fuel oil of all types. Storage capacity 400,000 barrels. Plant phone at Ecorse Vinewood 2-0240 or 2-9169. Great Lakes Steel Corp.-- Location: Foot of Tecumseh Road. Length of dock 2 slips 1,200 feet long by 200 feet wide, and 2 slips 500 feet by 300 feet. Depth of water at dock 10 to 19 feet. Use self-unloading boats for coal. Storage capacity 2,000,000 tons. R. R. Conn.: M. C.--D. T. & I. Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co.-- Phone Vi. 2-4300. 4 large Browning gantry cranes, 55 foot boom. 3 tracks under cranes. Equipped with 65 inch magnets and 1% yard clam shell buckets. Capacity per hour 100 tons each, loading or discharging. 8 Browning locomotive cranes with 50 foot booms. aoe per 10 hours 1,000 tons each, with magnets 500 tons each. Length of dock 4,200 feet. Concrete. Storage capacity 75,000 tons. This dock is equipped to handle material of any commodity, and the transfer of cargoes from ships to cars. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. R. Ko Conn. = M1. C. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ENGINES AND BOILERS 406

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