Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 188

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued ESCANABA, MICH. The C. Reiss Coal Company Dock No. 1.-- Phone St. 6-4450. 1 Mead-Morrison Bridge. 6 ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 5,000 tons. Storage capacity 125,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. Can handle boats of any length. R. R. Conn.: St. Paul, Escanaba & Lake Superior, C. & N. W. Mgr.--L. E. Erickson. Phone St. 6-2793. The C. Reiss Coal Company Dock No. 2-- Phone St. 6-2798. Gen. Office: Reiss Bldg., Sheboygan, Wis. Location: Bay de Noc, south of C. & N. W. R. R. yards. Purchasing Agent--C. A. Reiss. 1 Mead-Morrison Bridge. 6 ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 3,500 tons. Storage capacity (bituminous) 140,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle boats of any length and beam. R&R. KR. Conn.: C. & N. W., C. M. & St. P., E. & LS. Length of dock 2,000 feet, slip 760 feet. Mgr.--L. E. Erickson. Res. Phone St. 6-2793. FAIRPORT, OHIO Erie Sand & Gravel Company-- Phone 2-2902. Address of Operator, Foot of Sassafras St., Erie, Pa. Location: West side of Main River. Manager--Captain J. S. St. John. Pur. Agent--A. J. Schaffner. Can handle any size vessel. Kind of Machines: 1 Locomotive Crane, 200 tons per hour ca- pacity, loading and unloading. Fairport, Ohio, Car Dumper-- Phone Elmwood 17-7522. Opr.--Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Co. Suite 925-75 Public Sq., Cleveland 138, Ohio. Phone Ch. 1-3237. Vice Pres. & Gen'l. Mgr.--T. C. Sparks. McMyler Car Dump, capacity 10 hours 12,000 tons. Can handle 630 foot boat with 60 foot beam. R. R. Conn.: B. & O. Supt.--Allen C. Benjamin. Res. Phone Elm. 7-5378. FORD, ONT. Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd. Located on Detroit River, Windsor, Ont. 1 Mead-Morrison Gantry Electric Bridge. 5 ton clam shell used. Capacity per 10 hours 3,500 tons. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 26 feet. Can handle any size boat. R. R. Conn.: C. N. R., Wabash. Dock Supt.--J. E. Porter. FORT WILLIAM, ONT. Canadian Pacific Coal (Island No. 1) Dock-- Phone 3-8912. Location: Mouth of McKellar River. Operator: Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Fort William, Ontario. Manager--T. Wood. Phone 21523. Pur. Agent--H. R. Impey, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fast plants yes. Two 8-ton unloaders. Kind of machines: Huletts. Number of machines in set: two. Size of clam shell buckets used 8 tons. Size of other buckets used 10 tons. Clean up Bulldozer. Capacity per 10 hours each machine two 10-ton bridges. Kind: Wellman Seaver Morgan. Size of buckets used 10 tons. Size of clam shells used 10 tons. Capacity per 10 hours 10,000 tons. Method of storage: open dock. Direct to cars for storage. Can load direct to cars. Storage capacity--bituminous 1 million tons. ------.. Depth of water boats can draw arriving at dock 21 ft. Channe] 23 ft. : ; Length of dock 3,000 ft. Length of slip 1,000 ft. Width 500 ft. R. 8 Conn.: ©. PF. R&C. N. 8. Supt.--L. Smith. Res. Phone 33149. Hacquoil's Seaway Terminal-- Phone MA. 38-6481. Location: Turning basin Kam River. Operator: Hacquoil Construction Limited, Box 352, Fort Wil. liam, Ontario. Phone MA. 3-6481. Mgr.--O. P. Hacquoil. Phone MA. 3-6481. Pur. Agt.--W. N. Dutka, Box 352, Fort William, Ontario. Do not depend on self-unloading boats entirely. Kind of machines: Draglines and truck and proposed conveyor system. No. of machines in a set: 12. Size of clam shell buckets used: 1% and 2%. Clean up: D6 Bulldozer. : Capacity per 10 hrs. ea. machine: 1000 tons; total: 2000 tons, Mise. rigs: D6 Bulldozer for stockpiling; no.: 1. Capacity per 10 hrs.: 2000 tons. Method of storage: Bulk and package storage. Direct to cars for storage: Hauled by trucks to storage. Depth of water boats can draw at dock: 27 ft.; channel: 300, Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: 450 ft.; beam: 40 ft. Length of dock: 610; length of slip: 700; width: 300. R. R. Conn.:- Spur. track/C.2. KR, & GC. N. RK. Direct Conn.: Highway. Supt.--V. F. Hacquoil. Res. phone MA. 3-9510. The Valley Camp Coal Co. of Canada, Ltd., Murphy Dock-- Phone 38-7584. Fort William, Ontario. Location in Harbor: Kaministikwia River. Operator: The Valley Camp Coal Co. of Canada, Ltd. Phone EM. 3-3351. Address: 220 Bay St., Toronto, Ontario. Pres.--K. D. Mooney. Mgr.-- H. Kirk. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines: 1 level luffing crane. Size of clam shell buckets used 6 ton. Miscellaneous rigs: Whirlies. Kind: MeMyler. Number: 2. Length of booms: 1--75 ft. 1--68 ft. Size of buckets used 1% ton. Capacity per 10 hours (3 machines) 3,500 tons. Storage capacity--bituminous 30,000 tons, anthracite 8,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 16 ft. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: any. Beam: any. RR. Conn. C, PR. & C. NR, Supt.--sS. Kondreska. Phone 2-2759. The Valley Camp Coal Co. of Canada, Ltd.-- Phone EM. 38-3351. Fort William, Ontario. Location in Harbor: Mission River, Fort William, Ont. Operator: Valley Camp Coal Co. of Canada, Ltd. Address: 220 Bay St., Toronto, Ontario. Phone EM. 8-7055. Mgr.--H. Kirk. Do not. depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines: #1--7% ton Brownhoist, #2--10 ton Heyl- Paterson. Size of clam shell buckets used: #1--7%4 ton. #2--10 ton. Size of other buckets used: clean up on #2--6 ton. _Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine #1--2,500, #2--3,500, total 6,000 tons. Method of storage: stock pile. Direct to cars for storage. Can load direct to cars. Storage capacity--bituminous 800,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 24 ft. Channel 500 ft. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock any. Beam any. Length of dock 1,800 ft. R.R. Conn.: C.N., C.P. Supt.--H. Dow. Phone MA. 2-5827. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 188

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