Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1948, p. 393

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Capacity 3 tons, radius 30 feet. Unloading capacity per hour 60 tons. Loading capacity per hour 60 tons. Reach of booms from end of dock 380 feet. Size of warehouse 100x550feet. Construction concrete. Storage capacity 30,000 tons. Length of dock 550 feet. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Maximum length of boat 500 feet with 50 foot beam. R. BR. Conn: No YoU. National Terminal Corp.-- Phone Cherry 4170 Located at Main Street Bridge on Cuyahoga River. Office, 1200 W. 9th St. Phone Cherry 4170. Mgr.--F rank H. Prusa. Res. Phone Mich. 9246. 2 5-ton Orton Bridge Gantry Cranes with 33 foot booms. Cranes will reach 33 feet from edge of dock. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons each. Have two tracks beneath cranes holding 7-cars each. Steel warehouse capacity 35,000 square feet. Inside storage! capacity 5,000 to 10,000 tons. 1 Browning locomotive, 30 ton diesel. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons. 1 McMyler Interstate, 12 yard bucket, 50 foot boom. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Maximum length of boat 500 feet with 50 foot beam. Length of dock 500 feet. R. R. Conn.: B. & O: exclusive in Cleveland. Supt.--Herman Schaub. Res. Phone Florida 0295. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.--Dock No. 24-- Office Phone Cherry 2207. McMyler Car Dump. 2d Machine, East. Night Number Cherry 3994. Supt. E. H. Stewart. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. (Irishtown)-- Office Phone Cherry 2207. Night Cherry 3987. Wellman-Seaver Car Dump. Supt.--Vincent Joyce. Pittsburgh Coal Co. (West Side Fuel Dock & Fuel Lighter)-- Supt.--George W. Hewett. Phone Cherry 2207, Nights 3966. Republic Steel Corp. (Bolt & Nut Division)--Steel Dock Phone Pros. 7500. Mgr. C. P. McCabe. Above Columbus Street Bridge, 1970 Caries Road. Office Republic Bldg. Phone Prospect 1400. 1 Hulett Special Type Bridge. Size of clam shells used 5 tons. Capacity per 10 hours 2,500 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Steel storage capacity 8,000 tons. Maximum length of boat 400 feet with 60 foot beam. Railroad connections: Erie and Big Four. Length of dock 300 feet. Supt. R. E. Stewart. Pur. Agt. F. J. Laskey. COBOURG, ONT. The Valley Camp Coal Co.-- Operated by Valley Camp Coal Co. of Canada, Ltd. Mgr.--H. E. Reeb, Victory Bldg., Toronto, Ont. Phone Elgin 1050. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 2,500 tons bituminous. Depth of water at dock 16 feet. Maximum length of boat canal size 250 feet. Length of dock 500 feet. Coal is shipped off dock by truck only. Pittsburgh Coal Co., Ltd.-- C: P. R. Bldg., Toronto, Ont. Name of Operator: J. M. Harrison, Phone 129. Depend on self-unloading boats entirely. Storage capacity 5,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 12 feet, channel 12 feet. Can handle 250 foot boat. Length of dock 150 feet. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Ltd.-- Office, Canada Cement Bldg., Montreal. Use self-unloading boats only. 393 SEE OUR COMPLETE MAPS OF HARBORS

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