Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 295

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McLouth Steel Corporation-- ORE LOADING & UNLOADING DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Co.--(Presque Isle Dock)--Station "A" Phone Taylor 4661. Located on the east side of the Maumee River. 8 17-ton Hulett Unloaders. Capacity per 10 hours 12,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 25 feet. Length of slip 2,000 feet, width 260 feet. Railroad connections: C. & O. R. R. Dock Supt. J. W. Marshall. Res. Phone Fairfax 3839. Purchasing Agent--A. W. Hix, Cleveland, Ohio. Phone Cherry 8860. Interlake Iron Corp.--(Toledo Furnace)-- South side of Maumee River and west of W. & L. E. Bridge. Phone Pontiac 1561. 2401 Front St. Interlake Iron Corp., 1900 Union Commerce Bldg., Cleveland 14, Ohio. 8 Electric Hoover & Masons. Size of clam shells used 5 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 4,000 tons. Brown hoist iron loader (with magnet). Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle boats of any length. Storage capacity 500,000 tons. Railroad connections: W. & L. E.--Toledo Terminal. Supt.--J. H. McDaniel. TRENTON, MICH. Phone AV. 5-1200--Ext. 203-205. Location in Harbor: Detroit River, Trenton Channel. Operator: McLouth Steel Corp. Address: 1491 West Jefferson Ave., Trenton, Michigan. Vice Pres.: C. T. Murphy. Mer.: H. B. Warner. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines: Dravo bridge cranes. Number of machines: Two. Size of clam shell used 180 cu. ft. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine 4,000 G.T. Total 8,000 G.T. Direct storage: dock. Storage capacity: iron ore 1,400,000; limestone 350,000 N.T. Depth of water at dock 21'6"; channel 22'. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 640 ft. Beam 64 ft. Length of dock 1131 ft. R. R. Conn.: Det., Tol., & tronton R. KR. Co., N. Y. €. system. Direct Conn.: McLouth R. R. Supt.--Walter J. Montgomery. Phone OR. 6-0345. 25069 Lorain Road Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, Inc. The Original Publishers of Coal Docks on the Great Lakes since 1910 North Olmsted, Ohio 295

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