Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1944, p. 473

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued TRENTON, MICH. Michigan Foundation Co.-- Dock located foot of St. John Street. Office: 110 W. Jefferson. Depend on self-unloading boats. Handle coal, sand and gravel. 2 cranes with 1 ton buckets used. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Length of dock 130 feet. Detroit Edison Co.-- Located on Trenton Channel opposite Grosse Isle. Office: 2000 2d Ave., Detroit, Mich. Fuel Agent--Marshall Pease, Jr. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Consumption 400,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Length of dock 750 feet. R. R. Conn= M. CG. Ro RD. & TS. LOR. R: Supt.--V. F. Brown. TRENTON, ONT. Powers & Son, Ltd., B. W.-- Dock located mouth Trent River. Purchasing Agent--B. W. Powers. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 30,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 11 to 13 feet. Length of dock 700 feet. RK. Conn.: ©. N. Rf Supt.--oO. Alyla. TROIS RIVERS, QUE. (Three Rivers) Dominion Coal Co., Ltd.-- Operator--Dominion Steel & Coal Corp. Phone 482. Extreme West End of City. 2 steel towers with direct engines. Size of clam shells used 2% ton. Capacity per 10 hours 3,000 tons each. 1 Brown Hoist. Capacity of clam shell used 1 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 500 tons. Storage direct from vessel. Storage capacity 250,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 35 feet. Can handle 900 foot boat. Rh. Ke Conn.: ©. Po ih. C. N. E. Mgr.--Wm. Lambton. Phone 676. TWO HARBORS, MINN. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Ry. Co.-- 3 Mead-Morrison. Size of clam shells used 2 tons. Capacity per 10 hours 7,000 tons. Storage capacity 180,000 tons. Fueling facilities for tugs. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Maximum length of boat 600 feet. kK. R. Conn: D. & 1. i. Supt.--Fred D. W. Thias. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Ry. Co. (Pulpwood Dock)-- Can load 600 cords of pulpwood per day. Storage capacity 45,000 cords. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Maximum length of boat 400 feet. TWO RIVERS, WIS. Reiss Coal Co., The C.-- Phone 5544. Location: South side of river at harbor mouth. Gen. Office: Reiss Bldg., Sheboygan, Wis. Purchasing Agent--J. P. Reiss. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity Bituminous 100,000 tons. Storage capacity Anthracite 8,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Length of boat 550 feet, any beam. Length of dock 1,800 feet, slip 800 feet, width 150 feet. R. R. Conn.: C. & N. W. Megr.--R. E. Neuses. Phone 4821. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 473

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