Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 183

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ee COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Mer.--W. J. Cronin. Pur. Agt.--J. C. Sweeney. Can use self-unloading boats. Misc. rigs--crane. Kind--American. Length of booms--40 ft. Detroit City Gas Co.-- Location: Foot of Bellevue St. Length of dock 188 feet. Depth of water at dock 8 to 10 feet. Storage capacity 10,000 tons. Use self-unloading boats only. R. R. Conn.: M. C. Detroit Edison Co. (Delray Plant)-- Phone Wo. 2-2100. Location: at Fort Wayne. Fuel Supply Director--R. W. Lundgren. Mgr.--Paul Murphy, Jr. Depth of water at dock 23 feet. Can handle any size boat. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 20,000 tons. © . Conn,.: Wabash, P. R. R., D. T. S. L., N. Y. GC. Detroit Edison Co. (Orleans St.)-- Phone Wo. 2-2100. Location: Foot of Orleans. Mgr.--Oslin D. Whiddon. Fuel Supply Director--R. W. Lundgren. Length of dock 500 feet. Depth of water at dock 23 feet. Can handle any length boat. Use self-unloading boats only. Storage capacity 200,000 tons. R. R. Conn.: None. Detroit Edison Co. (Connors Creek)-- Phone Wo. 2-2100. Location: Foot of Lycaste St. Fuel Supply Director--R. W. Lundgren. Mgr.--R. B. Harris. Phone Va. 2-2501. Use self-unloading boats only. Length of dock 2,000 feet. Depth of water at dock 23 feet. Can handle any size boat. Storage capacity 40,000 tons. me, oon: PR. R., D. T. 8. L., N. Y.C. Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc.-- Phone TA. 5-3200. 4461 W. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 9, Michigan. 2130 ft. concrete dock on Main Channel on Detroit River. 70,000 sq. ft. in Marine Transit sheds. 25 acre yard for bulk storage. Track capacity, 250 cars. Company owned switch engines; 9 cranes. Heavy and high lifts by 50 ton Gantry; magnets and buckets- fleet of Hi Lifts. Most modern equipment for handling any type of general cargo and bulk commodities. Handling of unboxed cars; local cartage service. Surveying--processing--bumping and painting; storage--inside or outside. Only Detroit dock with complete warehouse service; cold and general storage. Now transferring and storing bulk liquids. R. R. Conn.: Wabash, P.R.R., C. & O., Pere Marquette district. Reciprocal switching all other lines. Detroit Marine Terminals, Inc.-- Phone VI. 3-7575. Location: River Rouge. Operator: Detroit Marine Terminals, Inc., 9401 W. Jefferson, Detroit 17, Michigan. President: David C. Lowe, Phone TU. 5-4984. Pur, Agt.--Robert J. Flood. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Size of clam shell buckets used--4 yds. 18c. rigs--hi-lo's, grader, American loco-cranes, Clyde, Ohio, Unit, Lima. Number: 9 cranes total. Length of booms: from 40' to 85'. Size of buckets--4 yds. apacity per 10 hrs.: unlimited. ethod of storage: outside storage, 45 acres; inside 70,000 sq. ft. Storage capacity--Bituminous: unlimited. Depth of water at dock 25 ft.; channel 25 ft. Se as ee length of slip-River; width 350 ft. Supt.--Donald J. McCarty--Phone WO. 1-3930. Detroit Public Lighting Commission-- Phone WO-2-6329. Location: 5425 W. Jefferson Ave., 2 blocks west of Detroit Har- bor Terminal. Operator: City of Detroit P. L. C. Mistersky Power Station, 5425 West Jefferson Ave., Detroit 9, Michigan. Phone VI-2-3350. Manager--C. A. Mote. Pur. Agt.--City of Detroit, Dept. of Purchases & Supplies, City County Bldg. Depend on self-unloading boats. Method of storage tractor-dozers. Storage capacity bituminous 200,000 tons. Depth of water boats can draw at dock 22 feet, Detroit River. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock unlimited, beam unlimited. Length of dock 1,050 feet; length of slip, none. R. R. Conn.: New York Central-Grand Belt. Tributary Conn.: Grand Belt. Supt. of Power Production--C. A. Mote. Detroit Rock Salt Co.-- Located West Side River Rouge above Dix Ave. Bridge. Address of operator, 12841 Sanders St. Conveyor in house for loading salt to boats. 28" ue lines with standard flange connections for discharg- ing oil. Anticipate installing pneumatic system for handling grain from Vessel to 12 concrete silo's on shore with a capacity of 500,000 bushels grain. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any length boat. Length of dock 176 feet. R. R. Conn.: Wabash. Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co.-- Phone VI 2-0042. Location: River Rouge, old channel, 9125 West Jefferson. 2 link belt locomotive cranes. 1 caterpillar crane. Length of booms 50, 54 and 55 feet. Capacity 5 and 6 ton. Size of buckets used % ton. Capacity per 10 hours 600 tons for each machine. Use self-unloading boats only. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 465 feet. Maximum beam of boat that can reach dock 54 feet. Storage capacity 9,000 tons. Length of dock 1,000 feet. R. R. Conn.: M. C. Mgr.--Robert Kohs. Purchasing Agent--Robert W. Ashby. DuPont de Nemours & Co., E. I. (Grasselli Chemical Dept.) -- Location on Detroit River south of Great Lakes Steel. Address of Operator: Box 116, River Rouge, Mich. Mgr.--E. E. Ochsner. Bucyrus Erie Caterpillar Crane. 1-yard buckets used. Depth of water at dock 12 feet, channel 30 feet. Length of dock 459 feet. Ford Motor Co. (Coke Dock--Rouge Plant)-- Phone: LUzon 1-4600. Location: East Bank of Rouge River, North of Dix Ave. Bridge. Operator: Ford Motor Company, Steel Division, 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Michigan. Use belt conveyor. Capacity per 10 hours, 2,500 to 5,000 N.T. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size boat. R. R. Conn.: Direct connection, D. T. & I., N. Y. C., Detroit Ter- minal and Wabash. Superintendent: H. Hansen, LUzon 1-4600, Ext. 5741. Motor Company (Rouge Plant Docks)--Phone: LUzon 1-4600. er ee te Oy Hast Bank of Rouge River, North of Dix Ave. Bridge. nen SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 183

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