Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 368

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Operator: Nicholson Transit Co. Manager: Wm. F. Deane. Phone VE. 17-1525. Vice Pres. Operations: C. E. Jackson. Por, Agt.: KR. O, Jackson. Automobiles only. Depth of water: 20 feet. Length of boat: any length. Length of dock: 600 feet. Length of slip: River. Supt.--R. Kegley. Phone KE. 1-5294. Nicholson Transit Co. (Summit St.)-- Phone TA. 6-4200. P. O. Box 66, River Rouge, Michigan. Location: Foot of Summit St., Detroit, Michigan. Operator: Nicholson Transit Co. Phone VI. 2-4300. Manager: Wm. F. Deane. Pur. Agt.: R. O. Jackson. Supt.: R. Kegley. Phone KE. 1-5294. Automobiles only. Depth of water at dock: 22 feet. Length of boat: any size. Length of dock: 300 feet. R. R. Conn.: None. Peerless Cement Corporation-- Phone VI 24-945 On Old River Rouge next to Detroit Sulphite Paper Co. 8941 West Jefferson Avenue. Megr.--J. W. Stead. CA 6150. Free Press Bldg., 321 W. Lafayette St. 1 belt conveyor 600 feet long. Use self-unloading boats only. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Maximum length boat 630 feet, beam 70 feet. Length of dock 400 feet. mR. K. Conn.: M. C, R. RB. Supt.--W. L. Kaiser. Pine Ridge Coal Company-- Phone WO. 2-8878 Office. Phone WO. 2-3932 Dock. Location: Detroit River. Address: 1325 East Atwater. Detroit 7, Michigan. Operator: Pine Ridge Coal Co. Manager: Justin Osborne. Phone ED. 1-5666. Pur. Agt.: Arthur D. Cronin, Jr. Depend on self-unloading Boats. Kind of machines: Bay City Crane. Size of clam shell Buckets used: 1%. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine: 100 tons total 100 tons. Miscellaneous Rigs: Bay City Crane 55 ft. boom. Kind: PS. Fueling Capacity 300 tons per hr. Storage capacity -- Bituminous: 50,000 tons. Depth of water at dock: 26'. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: No limit. Beam, No limit. Length of dock: 800'. R. R. Conn: Got. WRK. Supt: Justin Osborne. Phone ED. 1-5666. River Rouge Power Plant-- Location in harbor: Mouth of River Rouge Short Cut Canal-- Detroit River. Operator: The Detroit Edison Company. Phone WO. 2-2100. Address: 2000 Second Ave., Detroit 26, Michigan. Depend on self-unloading boats. Method of storage: dock hopper to belt conveyor to swiveling stacker. Depth of water at dock 21 feet; channel 21 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 650'; beam 75'. Length of dock 1100 ft. Supt.: E. V. Rieder. Phone Trenton, Mich. Orleans 6-3758. Sand Products Corp.-- Dock located River end of slip, foot of St. Jean St. Office: 2489 National Bank Bldg. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 50,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 600 feet. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ENGINES AND BOILERS

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