Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 430

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Capacity per 10 hrs. ea. machine: 21,000 tons, per hr. : Mise. rigs: 1 300 ft. span Meade Morrison rope trolley bridge. Length of booms: 72 ft. Size of buckets used: 6 tons. Size of clam shells used: 6 tons. Capacity per 10 hrs.: 3000 tons. Method of storage: Concrete dock. Direct to cars for storage: If required. Storage capacity--assorted coals: 500,000. Depth of water boats can draw at dock: 22 ft. 6 in.; channel: 23 ft, 9 in. eee rae length of boat that can reach dock: 1200 ft.; beam: 10 it, Length of dock: 1200 ft.; length of slip: 1250 ft.; width: 300 ft. R. R. Conn.: C. P.R., C.N.R., Hearst Oba & Franz and Sault Ste. Marie. Direct Conn.: Road Highway 17 North; Tributary Conn.: On Lake Superior. Supt.--R. W. Westwood. Res. phone UL. 6-2751. Algoma Steel Corp., Coal Dock-- Phone AL. 4-5111 eae Sault Ste. Marie, above Canadian Ship Canal. Local Operator: Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. Phone AL. 4-5111. Address: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Manager: D. Joyce, Vice. Pres. of Operations. Phone AL. 4- 5111. Local 2211. Pur. Agt.--F red Pitcher. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines: 1 Dominion bridge, 3 Heyl & Patterson unloading towers. Number of machines in a set: 4- only 3 towers in operation, 1 tower as spare. Size of clam shell buckets used: 3.5 net ton. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine: 2500 N.T. Total 7500 N.T. Direct to cars for storage: All coal handled by transfer cars to storage piles, and coke plant. Storage capacity--Bituminous: 900,000. Depth of water at dock: 21 ft. Century Coal Co., Ltd. (C. S. S. Lines)-- District Services, Ltd.-- Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: 700 ft., beam 70 ft. Length of dock: 765 ft., slip 2821 ft., width 225 ft. | R. RB. Conn.: Algoma Central R.R. & Canadian Pacific R.R. Direct Conn.: ACR. Tributary Conn: CPR. Supt.--G. E. Sharpe. Phone AL. 6-2697. COAL DOCK 4 unloading towers. 8 Heyl & Patterson. 1 Dominion bridge. 3% ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hrs.: 8000 tons. Depth of water 21 ft. Storage capacity: 800,000. Can handle vessels up to 700 ft. R. BR. Conn.: C.P.R. & A.C. Supt.--G. E. Sharpe. Phone AL. 4-5111, Ext. 2631. Pur. Agt.--F. G. Pitcher. Phone 313. Megr.--H. W. White, Toronto, Ont. Pur. Agt.--P. S. Jaeger, Cleveland, Ohio. Second dock below ship canal 1 industrial locomotive crane. Use self-unloading boats. Stephens-Adamson Reclaimer. 1% ton clam shell. 1% ton bucket used. Storage capacity 30,000 tons. Maximum length of boat 450 feet. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. R. R. Conn: A. C. & H. B.C. P. G. Supt.--D. Pyette. Gen. Supt.--W. A. Lewis, Toronto, Ont. Phone 58. Location: Foot of Pim St., west side, next to C. P. R. Dock. S. W. Rogers, Sec'y. SEE OUR COMPLETE MAPS OF HARBORS 430

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