Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 423

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Shell Oil Co., Dock-- Phone VI. 21560. Address: P. O. Box 27, River Rouge 18, Michigan. Location in Harbor: Between Fort & West Jefferson. Manager--C. E. Regent. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Depth of water at dock 21 ft. Channel 25 ft. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 525 ft. Length of dock 525 ft., length of slip, Rouge River, width 200 ft. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana)-- Location in Harbor: River Rouge. Operator: Standard Oil Co. (Indiana). Phone Vi. 1-1171. Manager--Ollie Neville. Method of storage: Petroleum in Tanks. Depth of water at dock 22 ft. Maximum of boat that can reach dock 500 ft. Length of dock 600 ft. Supt.--P. B. Rickards. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Charlotte Docks Co.-- Phone Charlotte 1149. Location: Genesee River 2% miles from Lake Ontario. Opr.--Charlotte Docks Co., foot of Boxart St. Supt.: H. T. Jack, 234 Cravenwood Ave. Phone Charlotte 4117M. Dock equipped with 6 pockets with chutes. Cars dumped with Hewitt-Robins car shake-outs. Capacity 15,000 tons per 24 hrs. Fueling facilities for boats--load all type boats. Method storage--Track. Storage capacity 1,500 cars Bituminous and Anthracite. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Length of dock 950 feet. R. R. Conn.: B. & O. &. B- Asst. Train Master. C. H. Hufnagle. Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.-- Located on West Bank Genesee River. Depend on self-unloading boats. Purchasing Agent--E. B. Robinson, 89 East Ave. Storage capacity 75,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 600 feet. RE. R. Conn.: N.Y €¢ ROND EAU BAY (ERIEAU), ONT. Lake Erie Nav. Co., Walkerville, Ont.-- Phone 3-5229. Lake Erie Coal Co., Ltd. Phone Blenheim 82. A. E. Beeston, Mgr. and Purchasing Agent. 1 Mead-Morrison. 1 Wellman Bridge. 5 ton clam shells used. Capacity 10 hours 5,000 tons. Storage capacity 300,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Channel 22 feet. Can handle boats of 400 foot length. R. R. Conn.: P.M. M. CG. 7, C PF. k., CN. Length of dock 1,800 feet, slip 1,875 feet, width 100 feet. Supt.--C. Stevens. This dock also used by Pittsburgh Coal Co. ST. CATHERINES, ONT. Homer Dock-- Location in harbor: Welland Canal at St. Catherines, Ont. Operator: Scobies Transport Ltd., 749 Park St., Niagara Falls, Ont. Manager--Glen A. Scobie. Phone Elgin 8-3627. Pur. Agt.--Glen A. Scobie. Depend on self-unloading boats. Method of storage: warehouse storage. Depth of water at dock 26 feet, channel 26 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 450 feet. Maximum beam of boat that can reach dock unlimited. Length of dock 500 feet, slip 450 feet, width unlimited. R. R. Conn.: Canadian National Railway. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY 423

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