Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1964, p. 431

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued James McMaster, Mgr. 1 McMyler whirley with 80 foot boom. Size of clam shells used 1% and 2 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons. Storage capacity 15,000 tons bituminous, 3,000 tons anthracite. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Can handle any length boat up to 48 foot beam. Supt.--Chas. McAlister. Lyons Fuel--Hardware & Supplies, Ltd.-- Mgr.--William Pleurs. Purchasing Agent--James Lyons. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 15,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. Length of dock 600 feet. R. R. Conn.: A, ©. & A.B. BR. RB. Lyons Fuel--Hardware & Supplies, Ltd.-- Dock Foot of Spring St.--Soo Falls Brewery. Purchasing Agent--James Lyons. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 550 feet. Supt--Wnm. Pleurs. R. R. Conn,: A. ©. & A. GB. RR. SAWYER, WIS. Sawyer Fuel & Supply Co.-- Pres.--V. M. Bushman. : Mer. & Pur. Agent--J. F. Tessar, 127 Main, Green Bay, Wis. Depend on self-unloading boats. Storage capacity 45,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 15 feet. Length of dock 500 feet. R. R. Conn.: A. & W. SCHROEDER, MINN. Taconite Harbor-- Phone Tofte, Minn. MO 3-7215. Location in Harbor: Lake Superior 80 miles NE of Duluth at Schroeder, Minn. Hoyt Lakes. Name of Operator: Erie Mining Co. Phone BA. 5-3501. Address of Operator: P. O. Box 847, Hoyt Lakes, Minn. Manager: Walter J. Williams. Phone RA. 7-6677, Duluth, Minn. Pur. Agt.: D. A. Bruneau, 700 Sellwood Bldg., Duluth, Minn. Kind of machines--Wellman. Number of machines--one. Size of clam shell buckets used 12 ton. oes per 10 hrs. each machine, approx. 5,000 machine un- tried. Method of storage, conveyor belt from Wellman unloader to storage area. Storage capacity--Bituminous 1,000,000 tons. Anthracite 15,000 tons. mae of water boats can draw arriving at dock 30 ft. Channel 27 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach your dock, unlimited, beam, unlimited. Length of dock 2,434 ft., length of slip, none, width, none. R. R. Conn.: Private (Erie Mining Co.), R. R. Hoyt Lakes to Taconite Harbor. Supt.: Thomas W. Flemal. Res. Phone Tofte, Minn. MO 3-7524. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Reiss Coal Co., C. (Dock No. 1)-- Phone No. GL. 2-5652. General Office, The C. Reiss Coal Co. Phone No. GL. 7-4411. Pur. Agt.--cC. A. Reiss. 1 Mead-Morrison Bridge. 12 ton clam shells used on M.-M. Bridge. Capacity per 10 hours 6,500 tons. Can handle boats of any length or beam. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Storage capacity 400,000 tons. R. RK. Conn:: C. & N. W. Gen. Supt.--All docks--M. F. Kummer. Phone GL. 2-8139. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 431

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