Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 376

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAK ES--Continued Weaver Coal Company-- Phone: MA. 2-4534. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Eat Lak Location: Mouth of McKellar River, Fort William, Ontario. gs ostane length of boat that can reach dock, all Great es Mer.--K. S. Graham. Phone: Port Arthur, DI. 4-5328. tankers. Mailing Address: c/o C. P. R. Dock, Island No. 1, Fort William, Delta Coal & Dock Co.-- Phone GA. 5-2601. Ontario. Location: Gladstone, Michigan. Office: 347 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario. Phone: EM. 4-3271. Operator: Delta Coal & Dock Co. Use same dock and facilities as Canadian Pacific Coal (Island Address: Gladstone, Michigan. No. 1) Dock. Manager: G. M. Nolden. R. R. Conn.: Can. Nat. & Can. Pac. Sec'y: H. A. Erickson. Supt.--H. Dow. Phone MA. 2-5827. Depend on self-unloading boats. | Kind of machines: Cranes, front end loader-Hoppers with | GANANOQUE, ONT. screening plants. Sampson Coal Co., Ltd.-- Number of machines: 2 cranes -- 1 front end loader. Dock located on St. Lawrence River. Size of clam shell buckets used: 3/4 yard. Purchasing Agent--J. B. Sampson. Method of storage: Dock storage. : Use self-unloading boats. Direct to cars for storage: Direct from self-unloading boats Storage capacity 1,500 tons. to dock. Depth of water at dock 12 feet. Storage capacity--Bituminous: 25,000 to 50,000. Length of dock 100 feet. Depth of water at dock: 23 ft. : RB. KR. Conn.: C. N. RB. BR: Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: largest self- unloading. GARY, IND. Length of dock: 1000 to 1200 ft.; width approx. 700 ft. Illinois Steel Co. Div. (U. S. Steel Corp.) (Rail Loading Dock)-- R. R. Conn: Soo Line. . Direct Conn: direct. Locomotive cranes used. : Use any number machines necessary. Supe Ne Work day and night. GOAT ISLAND, ONT. (LITTLE CURRENT) Capacity 2,400 tons in 48 hours. Little Current Coal Dock-- Phone 79 M. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. oy ; Can load two medium sized boats at once. masala Aero Daal fom eS hake Hu- Operator: Canadian Pacific Railway Co. GLADSTONE, MICH. Kind of machines: 1 Brownhoist Bridge and 1 P & H Crane. Aurora Gasoline Company-- Number of machines 2. Location in Harbor: Bay DeNoc, Gladstone, Michigan. Size of clam shell buckets used one 6-ton and one 5-ton. Operator: Aurora Gasoline Company. Phone 9-3021. Capacity per 10 hours each machine 300 and 200 per hours. Total Address: P. O. Box 268, Gladstone, Michigan. 500 tons per hour. Megr.: George Besko. Miscellaneous rigs: one 3-yard crane, one 14-yard crane 24 Depend on self-unloading boats--tankers. hours a day. Storage capacity 105,000 bbls. oil. Kind: 2 large and 3 small tractors. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 376

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