Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1948, p. 398

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Storage capacity unlimited. Marine transit shed, general and cold storage. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle any size boat. Open 7 days a week during season of navigation. R. R. Conn.: Pennsylvania, P. M., Wabash, N. Y. C., M. C., G. T., D. 1: & 1. Detroit Rock Salt Co.-- Located West Side River Rouge above Dix Ave. Bridge. Address of operator, 12841 Sanders St. Conveyor in house for loading salt to boats. 2--8" Pipe lines with standard flange connections for discharg- ing oil. Anticipate installing pneumatic system for handling grain from Vessel to 12 concrete silo's on shore with a capacity of 500,000 bushels grain. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any length boat. Length of dock 176 feet. R. R. Conn.: Wabash. Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co.-- Phone VI-2-0042. Location: River Rouge, old channel, 9125 West Jefferson. 2 link belt locomotive cranes. 1 caterpillar crane. Length of booms 50, 54 and 55 feet. Capacity 5 and 6 ton. Size of buckets used % ton. Capacity per 10 hours 600 tons for each machine. Use self-unloading boats only. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 465 feet. Maximum beam of boat that can reach dock 54 feet. Storage capacity 9,000 tons. Length of dock 1,000 feet. R. R. Conn.: M. C. - Mgr.--Robert Kohs. Purchasing Agent--Robert W. Ashby. Dixie Fuel & Supply Co.-- Located on Zug Island. Office 301 Cavalry St. Manager--Wm. H. Mobley, Pur. Agent, R. L. Thiesen. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 50,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 600 feet. R..R. Conn: BD: Te & 1. Dixie Fuel Terminal also uses these facilities. DuPont de Nemours & Co., E. I. (Grasselli Chemical Dept.)-- Location on Detroit River south of Great Lakes Steel. Address of Operator: Box 116, River Rouge, Mich. Megr.--E. E. Ochsner. Bucyrus Erie Caterpillar Crane. l-yard buckets used. Depth of water at dock 12 feet, channel 30 feet. Length of dock 459 feet. Emery, W. L.-- Dock located Foot of Mt. Elliott St. Depend on self-unloading boats. Handle Coal Sand and Gravel. Equipped with 1 Electric Locomotive crane with 60 foot boom. Depth of water at dock 15 feet. W. C. Schippert, Manager. Length of dock 130 feet. - Ford Motor Co.-- 3674 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Mich. Phone Oregon 4600. Located up River Rouge, Dearborn, Mich. 2 Huelett unloaders. Size of clam shells used 12 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 8,000 tons. 1 Mead-Morrison. Capacity per 10 hours 4,000 tons. Storage capacity 1,000,000 tons. (Sand direct to cars.) Ore, coal, stone direct to bins. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 398

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