Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 369

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U. S. Rubber Co.-- COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Semet-Solvay Co. (Coke Dock)-- Located on Detroit River across from Hanna Furnace. 1 conveyor loading equipment. Capacity per hour 200 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Length of dock 300 ft. Can handle any size boat. R. R. Conn.: Delray Terminal. Semet-Solvay Co.-- Location: Above mouth of River Rouge. Length of dock 600 feet. Depth of water at dock 31 feet. Berthing space 1,200 feet. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Use self-unloading boats only. R. R. Conn.: Delray Connecting Terminal. United States Gypsum Co.-- Located on the west side River Rouge at Jefferson St. Bridge. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Length of dock 400 feet. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. One unloading rig. Can handle any size boat. Phone Fi. 3660. Office: 6600 E. Jefferson Ave. Dock foot of Meldrum Ave. Length of dock 192 feet. Depth of water at dock 12 feet 6 inches. Locomotive crane with % yard bucket. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 75,000 tons. R. R. Conn.: M. C. Winkworth Fuel & Supply Co.-- Dock north bank River Rouge, foot of Copeland St. Office: 8829 W. Jefferson Ave. Purchasing Agent--R. D. Winkworth. ee to locomotive cranes with 55 foot booms and 1% ton uckets. Berwind Fuel Company-- Dock No. 2. Carnegie Dock & Fuel Co. Dock No. 1-- Use self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 7,500 tons. Depth of water at dock 17 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 425 feet. DULUTH, MINN. Phone MA. 4-3691. Location: Ft. of 50th Ave. W., & LeSeur St., Duluth, Minn. Operator: Berwind Fuel Co. Phone HA. 7-1900. Address: 141 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4, Illinois. Manager: E. A. Edman, Executive Vice President. No self-unloading Boats used. Fast Plants: 3 Link-Belt Co. bridges - 2 available for unloading. Size of clam shell buckets used: 8 ton. Size of other buckets used: Clean up: 2 ton. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine: 4,000 tons. total 8,000 tons. Miscellaneous Rigs: 2 -- not used for unloading. Kind: 1 Gantry Crane - Brown Hoist, 1 Steam Crane. Length of Booms: 48 ft. Size of buckets used: 2 tons. Depth of water at dock: 22 ft. Channel: 22 ft. Maximum length of Boat that can reach dock: Any. Length of dock: 1700 ft. Slip: 1700 ft. Width: 350 ft. R. R. Conn: NP & Soo Line. Supt.: C. W. Link. Phone EX. 4-4911. Phone Ra. 2-6626. Duluth, Minn. Location: Rice's Point between Capitol & Norris Elevators. Address of operator: Carnegie Dock & Fuel Co., 120 South 10th St., Minneapolis 3, Minn. Phone Fed. 2-6301. Manager: H. K. Watson, V. P. & General Manager, Minne- apolis, Minn. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Fast Plants: Watson Petent Fast plant. Kind of machines: 2, one only for unloading, 65 ft. boom. Size of clam shell buckets used, 5 ton for unloading, 3 ton for reclaiming. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF GRAIN ELEVATORS 369

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