Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 377

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued City Coal Dock-- Construction Aggregates Corporation-- Method of storage: direct to cars. Storage capacity--bituminous 1,500,000 tons. aa of water boats can draw arriving at dock 22 ft. Channel Ze it, Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 650 ft. Beam 60 ft. Length of dock 1500 ft. R. R. Conn.: C. P. R.--C. N. R. to any point. Supt.--Louis T. Baron. Res. Phone 51. GODERICH, ONT. Government Wharf-- Location: Channel. Operator: Sifto Salt Ltd. (Harbour Master) Address: 146 Essex St., Goderich, Ontario. Do not depend on self-unloading Boats. Loading Salt: Approx. 1000 tons per hr. Depth of water Boats can draw at dock: 20 ft. at present, Channel 24 ft. Supt.: A. MasDonald, Harbour Master. GRAND HAVEN, MICH. Phone 328. Henry Neitring, Mer. Purchasing Agent, Leo Eble, 1125 N. 3d. Location: City Island, opposite ferry slip. Length of dock 750 feet. Fueling facilities. Equipped with conveyors. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. Use self-unloading boats only. Can handle any size boat. Storage capacity 75,000 tons. R. R. Conn.: G. T. Phone G.H. 1300. Location: Just below railroad bridge on north bank Grand River. Operator: Construction Aggregates Corp., Grand Haven or Fer- rysburg, Michigan. Manager--C. E. Dull. Phone 1042. Grand Haven Coal & Dock Co.-- Verplank's Coal & Dock Co.-- Pur. Agent--W. S. Thomson, Chicago Office. Depend on self-unloading boats. This dock loads sand and gravel by elevated shuttle type con- veyor rig, at the rate of 2,500 tons per hour. It is drawn from 9 (nine) storage tanks. They load at any time (135,000 tons). Depth of water at dock 22 ft. Channel 22 ft. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 600 ft. Beam 65 ft. Length of dock 2,000 ft. Length of slip, none. R. R. Conn.: Grand Trunk Western and Chesapeake & Ohio. Supt.--R. J. McCracken. Phone 945-W. 121 South Water St. Location: East Side foot of Clinton St. Fueling facilities for small boats. Length of dock 500 feet. Depth of water at dock 10 feet, channel 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. Use self-unloading boats only. kK: &. Conn: fF, M. Storage capacity 7,000 tons. Nelson Fisher, Mgr. and Purchasing Agent. Res. Phone 945-R. Phone 842-1448. Location: 14% miles from mouth of Grand River on North Side of channel. Operator: Verplank's Coal & Dock Co. Phone 842-9538. Address: 925 West Savidge St., Spring Lake, Mich. Manager: Vernon Verplank. Phone 842-1700. Depend on Self-Unloading Boats. Storage capacity--Bituminous. 100,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 21' Maximum length of Boat. Any size. Length of dock 550' BR. Re Conn: GFW. Direct Connections. Yes. Supt.--Vernon Verplank. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 377

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