Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 178

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Operator: Michigan Limestone Div., U.S. Steel Corp. Phone WO. 2-2875. Address: 2650 Guardian Bldg. Detroit 26, Michigan. Manager--D. T. Van Zandt. Pur. Agt.: R. A. Engelhardt, Director of Purchases. Depend on Self-Unloading Boats. No Unloading Facilities. Miscellaneous Rigs: No Unloading Facilities. Direct to cars: None. Limestone and Coal stored over tunnels and withdrawn by Belt conveyors. Storage capacity--Bituminous: 50,000 tons. Depth of water at dock: 24 ft. Limestone Shipping Dock. 20 ft. Coal Receiving Dock. Channel. Refer to chart. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock. Any size. Length of dock: 845'; Slip: 935,; Width: 187'. Direct Conn.: D&M. Supt.: J. N. Suliot, District Manager. Phone 517-734-3386. CAPE VINCENT, NEW YORK Dominion American Coal & Fueling Co.-- Dock located on St. Lawrence River. Office: 1016 Marine Trust Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Manager--John J. Boland. Fueling dock equipped with conveyor that can handle 250 tons per hour. Storage capacity for bunkering 2,000 tons. Operate 24 hours per day. Depth of water at dock 17 feet. Length of dock 250 feet. mR. Conn.: N. Y. C, CARDINAL. ONT. Canada Starch Co., Ltd.-- Phone 111. Operator--Canada Starch Co., Ltd. Phone 111. Mgr.--A. S. Fraser. Pur. Agt.--E. E. McIntosh. Use self-unloading boats. Dock equipped with Locomotive cranes 3-2 ton. Storage capacity 25,000 tons. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine 375 tons coal. Case Tractor 2. Size of buckets, Bulldozer blade direct to cars for storage-- unloaded to dock & transferred to storage. Piles later. Depth of water at dock 14 feet. Length of dock 210 feet. Maximum length boat can reach dock 258 ft. Beam 43'3" (Canal size.) R. R, Conn.: C. N. RR. RK. Supt.--aA. S. Fraser. Empire-Hanna Coal Corp., Ltd.-- Dock located west of the Locks. Use self-unloading boats and cargo boats. Fueling Facilities for Ships and Tugs. Belt conveyor--Weightometer--Capacity 350 tons per hour. 1 Erie steam rig with 1 yd. clam--850' boom. Storage capacity 33,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 17 feet. Length of dock 300 feet. Length of boat 242', beam 42'. a, Bh. Conn: C. N. Re R: CEDARVILLE, MICHIGAN Cedarville-- Phone Cedarville 484-2201. Location: Port Dolomite, Cedarville, Michigan. Operator: Michigan Limestone Div., U.S. Steel Corp. Phone WO. 2-2375. Addess: 2650 Guardian Bldg., Detroit 26, Michigan. Manager: W. R. Ransom, Jr. Pur. Agt.: R. A. Engelhardt, Director of Purchases. Depend on Self-Unloading Boats. No Unloading Facilities. a Miscellaneous Rigs: No Unloading Facilities. Direct to cars None. ns Limestone stored over tunnels and withdrawn by Belt con- veyors. Storage capacity: None. Depth of water at dock: 23 ft.; Channel: Refer to chart. Maximum length of Boat than can reach dock: Any size, Any size Beam. Length of dock: 620'. Direct Conn.: None. Supt.: J. N. Suliot, District Manager. Phone 517-734-3386. CHARLOTTE, NEW YORK Charlotte Dock Co.-- Phone Charlotte 1149. Dock located on Genesee River 2% miles from Lake Ontario, Opr.--Charlotte Dock Co., Foot of Boxart St. Office: 150 Main St., Rochester, N. Y. Megr.--H. J. Jack, 234 Cravenwood Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Dock equipped with 6 pockets with chutes, cars dumped with Hewitt-Robins car shake-outs. Capacity 15,000 tons per 24 hours. Method of storage--track. Can load all types of boats. Storage 15,000 Bituminous and Anthracite. Length of boat can reach dock 325 feet. Beam 55 feet. Fueling facilities for boats. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Length of dock 950 feet. R. R. Conn.: B: & 0; C. H. Hufnagel, Asst. Terminal Trainmaster. CHATHAM, ONT. Daniels Coal Co., Ltd.-- Located on Thames St. foot of St. Clair. Manager & Purchasing Agent--Edward F. Daniel. Use self-unloading boats. Depth of water at dock 11 feet. Storage capacity 2,500 tons. Length of dock 200 feet. BK. RK. Conn.: P. M. R. 2. CHEBOYGAN, MICH. Cheboygan Fuel Co., The--. Phone MA. 17-4723. Location: East side of river at State St. Bridge. G. G. Atchison, Mgr. Res. Phone MA. 17-4529. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 16 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 800 feet, width of river 250 feet. Olds Dock & Coal Co.-- West side of Cheboygan River, foot of North Main St. 1 Brown Locomotive Crane. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 3,000 tons hard coal. Storage capacity 50,000.tons soft coal. Depth of water 18 feet. Fueling facilities. Maximum length of boat 600 feet. R. R. Conn.: M. C. and D. & M. W. B. Green, Mgr. and Purchasing Agent. Res. Phone 384. CHICAGO, ILL. Lake Calumet Transit Shed #1-- --_ Phone Mitchell 6-1815 & 1816. Location in Harbor or River, Southwest Shore of Lake Calumet. Operator: North Pier Terminal Co. Phone SU 7-5606. Address: 444 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill. Manager--W. Stanley Huggett. Size of clam shells used 214 yd. Size of other buckets used 2 yd. and 1% yd. Clean up, yes. Miscellaneous rigs 2 cranes. Kind: McMyler Locomotive with Diesel Engine and Manitowoc 38000 diesel crawler. Length of booms 55 ft. and 65 ft. Size of buckets used 214 yd. and 2 yd. Size of clam shells used 2% yd. and 2 yd. Method of storage, inside new sprinklered building or outside SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ENGINES AND BOILERS 178

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