Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 194

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Soward's Coal Co., Ltd.-- Calumet & Hecla, Inc. Consolidation Coal Co., St. Mary's River.-- Electro Metallurgical Company-- Richardson Coal Dock #2. Location: Foot of Princess St., Kingston, Ontario. Operator: James Richardson & Sons Limited, 253 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario. Phone Liberty 8-3388. Do depend on self-unloading boats entirely. Storage capacity--bituminous: 3,000 tons. Depth of water: 18 ft.; channel: 18 ft. Length of dock: 350 ft.; slip: 50 ft. wide. m®, &. Conn: C.N, R. & C. P. RB. Supt.--H. Walsh. Res. phone Liberty 8-4593. Phone 155. Location: Inner harbor. Storage capacity 15,000 tons anthracite, 8,000 tons bituminous. Length of dock 400 feet. Slip 510 feet. Width 60 feet. Depth of water at dock 14 feet. Use self-unloading boats only. Can handle Welland Canal size boat up to 280 feet. R&R. R. Conn.: GC. P. R. Mer.--J. F. Soward. Supt.--C. Vallier. LAKE LINDEN, MICH. Phone 3801. Location: Torch Lake. Operator: Hubert Probstfeld, Lake Linden, Michigan. Phone 6-2253. Manager--Robert Hein. Phone 923-M Calumet. Pur. Agent--L. H. Donald. Do not depend on self-unloading boats entirely. Kind of machines: Bridge. Number of machines in a set: 1. Size of clam shell buckets used 12% ton. Size of other buckets used 7 ton. Clean up 10 ton. Capacity per 10 hours each machine 4,000 tons. Total 4,000 tons. Method of storage: Compact high sulphur-low sulphur, loose storage pile. Storage capacity: Bituminous 300,000-500,000 tons. Depth of water boats can draw arriving at dock 17-19 ft. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 1,000 feet. R. R. Conn.: Duluth South Chicago & Atlantic. Direct connections yes. Supt.--R. L. Hein. Res. Phone 923-M (Calumet). LIME ISLAND, MICH. Phone 781-0262. Office: Lime Island Mich., via Raber Mich. Pres.--W. A. Turner, 1140 Leader Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Dock Location: Lower St. Mary's River. This dock used only for fueling vessels. 2 Diesel crawlers with 2% ton capacity clam shells. Receives self unloader boats only. Storage capacity coal 18,000 tons. Storage bunker fuel oil 84,000 bbls. Capacity of fueling pockets 800 tons. Fueling capacity--coal 750 tons per hour. Fueling capacity--oil 1,800 gals. per minute. Vessel bunkering by conveyor belt and hose. Height of spouts above water 47 feet. Depth of water 27 feet. Can handle boats of any length or beam. Dock length 800 feet--width 100 feet. Superintendent: James Fulton. Mobile phone through Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, ZA. 8-6263. LITTLE CURRENT, ONT. Phone Little Current, Ontario. Radio Telephone 800. Location: East end of Lansdown Channel, North Shore of Geor- gian Bay. Operator--Electro Metallurgical Co., Div. of Union Carbide Canada Limited, Little Current, Ontario. Manager--H. J. D. Bambrick. Pur. Agent--H. A. Boyd. Little Current Dock-- Erie Sand & Gravel Company-- Lorain, Ohio, Car Dumper-- Lorain Elyria Sand Co. (Lesco).-- Abrahamson-Nerheim Co.-- --.., Misc. Rigs: 1 Outboard loading conveyor, loading from 18,000 | ton storage bin. Length of booms 25 ft. Capacity per 10 hours 11,000 tons. Method of storage: bins. Me po of water boats can draw arriving at dock 27 ft. Channe] 0 ft. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 525 ft., any beam, Length of dock 250 ft. R. R. Conn.: None. Supt.--H. J. D. Bambrick. Phone 604 M 2. Location in Harbor: South side of Goat Island. Operator: Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Little Current, Ontario. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines--1 Brown Hoist Bridge. Number of machines--2 P & H, Crawler Cranes. Size of clam shell buckets used 1--7 cu. yds. 2--4%% cu. yds, Size of other shell buckets used 3 yds. & 2 yds. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine 5,000 tons. Kind: Dominion Crawler Cranes. Number: 2. Size of buckets used 3 yds. & 2 yds. Capacity per 10 hrs. 4,000 tons. Method of storage: railway cars. Storage capacity--bituminous 2,000,000 tons. Depth of water boats can draw arriving at dock 19'6". Channel 19'6", Maximum length of boat that can reach your dock 630 ft. Beam 58 feet. Length of dock 1,500 ft. R.R; Conn.: C. PR. 'Direct Conn.: all railroads. 'Supt.--L. J. Baron. Phone 51, LORAIN, OHIO Phone 2-2902. Address of Operator, Foot of Sassafras St., Erie, Pa. Location: West side of River--Lorain Avenue Bridge. Manager--Captain J. S. StJohn. Pur. Agent--A. J. Schaffner. | Kind of Machines: 2 Cranes--200 tons per hour each capacity, loading and unloading. Phone Ch. 4-1975 - 4-1976. Location: Between Black River and West Breakwall on the Lake Front. Operator: Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Co., Suite 925-75 Public Sq. Phone CH. 1-3237. T. C. Sparks, Vice Pres. & Gen'l. Mgr. Res. Phone LA. 1-6838; Suite 925-75 Public Sq., Cleveland 13, Ohio. 1 Hyle & Patterson Car Dumper. Capacity 20,000 tons in 10 hours. Depth of water at dock 25 feet. Can handle any size boat. Slip 450 foot opening--length of dock 1100 feet. Supt.--F. J. Murphy. Res. Phone Ch. 56578. Phone AT. 8-9117. Location: N.E. bank of Black River, South of R.R. Bridge. eee Lorain Elyria Sand Co., 1840 Idaho Ave., Lorain, io. Mgr. & Pur. Agt.: James Couture. Phone AT. 8-9117. Size of clam shell used: 2 yd. Depth of water at dock: 15 ft. (at dock); 24 ft. (self-unloader); channel: 24 ft. Can handle any length of boat. No R.R. connections. LUDINGTON, MICH. t Phone 1380. Location: Pere Marquette River, South Side, west of South Washington St. Mgr.--Martin Abrahamson, 802 E. Loomis St. Can handle 500-foot length boat. Length of dock 235 feet. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS 194

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