Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 416

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Ltd.-- Dock located South of March Street. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 16 feet. Length of dock 300 feet. (Two separate docks.) R. KR. Conn.: C. N. R. Local Repr.--Miss V. Peacock, c/o W. H. Peacock & Co., Port Hope, Ont. Phone 2857. Smith & Mitchell-- Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 5,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 15 feet. Length of dock 150 feet. Rh. KR. Conn: C. N. RB. EK. PORT HURON, MICH. Coal and Stone Unloading-- Location: St. Clair River at Blue Water Bridge. Operator: Peerless Cement Co., 520 State Street, Port Huron, Michigan. Phone YU. 2-0176. Pur. Agt.--William R. Smith. Do depend on self-unloading boats entirely. Misc. rigs: Barge loading; conveyor belt; barge pulling. Storage capacity--bituminous: 27,000 tons. Depth of water boats can draw at dock: 20 ft.; channel: 400 ft. ae length of boat that can reach dock: 588 ft.; beam t Length of dock: 624 ft. mK. R. Conn: G. T.. W. Supt.--Clyde W. Knapp. Res. phone EV. 5-4573. Detroit Edison Co. (Electric Plant)-- 2000 Second Ave., Detroit, Mich. Fuel Agent--Marshall Pease, Jr. Phone RA 2100. 1 Brown Electric Crane. Use a 1 ton clam shell. Capacity per 10 hours 500 tons. 1 Whirley. % ton clam shell used. Capacity 10 hours 450 tons. Storage capacity 7,000 tons. Annual consumption 13,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 17 feet. Can handle boats of 275 foot length. Supt.--D. J. Richards. Detroit Edison Co. (Gas Plant)-- 2002 Second Ave., Detroit, Mich. Fuel Agent--Marshall Pease, Jr. Phone RA 2100. 1 steam derrick. 1 ton buckets used. Capacity per 10 hours 300 tons. Storage capacity 7,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 13 feet. Maximum length of boat 300 feet. Supt.--Lathrop Dow. Dunn Paper Dock-- Phone Yu. 5-5181. Dock located at convergence of Lake Huron and St. Clair River. Depend on self-unloading boats for coal, booms for pulp. Purchasing Agent--M. C. Jones. Storage capacity 9,000 tons. Method of storage--bin. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Channel 8-9 mile current. Maximum length of boat can reach dock 500 feet. m. KR. Gonn.: G..T. RR. Foster Builders Supply Co.-- Phone YU. 29555. Location in Harbor: St. Clair River, South side of Black River, Port Huron, Michigan. Megr.--H. G. Sr., Louis or H. C. Foster, Jr. Phones YU. 28913 - YU. 24983 - YU. 56204. Pur. Agt.--R. P. Brown. Kind of Machines: Norwest Mod. 6--25 Crawler 11% & % yd. Size of clam shell buckets used--1%4 yd. & % yd. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ENGINES AND BOILERS 416

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