Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1944, p. 461

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAK ES--Continued 2 specially designed rigs built by Link Belt Co. Size of clam shells 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 feet. Dock equipped to handle pig iron, steel, coal, limestone and practically any other bulk commodity except sulphur. 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. Illinois Steel Co. (Rail Loading Dock) (Carnegie Illinois Steel Co.) -- 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. East Chicago Dock Terminal Co.-- National Terminals Corp.-- Phone Sup. 5606. Gen. Office: 589 East Illinois St., Chicago, Il. Pres.--W. W. Huggett. Dock at East Chicago, Ind. Location in Harbor at the fork of the Indiana Harbor Canal. 4 McMyler Interstate--Locomotive and Gantry type. Capacity 20 tons. Size of clam shell buckets used 1% and 2% yard. Capacity per 10 hours 750 tons with 114 yard bucket each. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons with 21% 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 70-foot booms on cranes. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Can handle any size boat up to 55-foot beam. R. R: Conn: I. BH. BB. © C. T., Penna, bd. E. Supt.--John S. Gray. Res. Phone Pullman 7413. Chicago Coke Ovens, 112th St. and Torrence Ave. Office: 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, II]. Phone Wabash 6100. Fast plant, 2 steam rigs. Size of clam shells used 2 ton, 24-foot cleanup clam. Capacity per 10 hours 3,600 tons. 1 Robbins-Mead-Morrison electric rig. Size of clam shells used 7 tons. Capacity per 10 hours 3,500 tons. Storage capacity 300,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Maximum length of boat 700 feet, 70 foot beam. Mgr.--Chas. L. Waggoner. Res. Phone So. Chicago 2609. Supt.--A. Buckner. Res. Phone So. Shore 2697. International Harvester Co. (Wisconsin Steel Works)-- Location: 111th St. 1 Brown Bridge. 10 ton clam shell used. Capacity per 10 hours 5,000 tons. Storage capacity 185,000 tons. Depth of water 22 feet. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF GRAIN ELEVATORS 461

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