Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 216

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Capacity per 10 hrs. ea. machine: 21,000 tons, per hr. : Mise. rigs: 1 300 ft. span Meade Morrison rope trolley bridge. Length of booms: 72 ft. Size of buckets used: 6 tons. Size of clam shells used: 6 tons. Capacity per 10 hrs.: 3000 tons. Method of storage: Concrete dock. Direct to cars for storage: If required. Storage capacity--assorted coals: 500,000. Depth of water boats can draw at dock: 22 ft. 6 in.; channel: 25 it. 9 in. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: 1200 ft.; beam: 75 ft. Length of dock: 1200 ft.; length of slip: 1250 ft.; width: 300 ft. Kk. &. Conn.: C.P. K., C.N, R., Hearst Oba & Franz and Sault Ste. Marie. Direct Conn.: Road Highway 17 North; Tributary Conn.: On Lake Superior. Supt.--R. W. Westwood. Res. phone UL. 6-2751. Algoma Steel Corp., Coal Dock-- Phone AL. 4-5111 ae oe Sault Ste. Marie, above Canadian Ship Canal. Local 631. Operator: Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. Phone AL. 4-5111. Address: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Manager: D. Joyce, Vice. Pres. of Operations. Phone AL. 4- 5111. Local 2211. Pur. Agt.--F red Pitcher. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Kind of machines: 1 Dominion bridge, 8 Heyl & Patterson unloading towers. Number of machines in a set: 4- only 3 towers in operation, 1 tower as spare. Size of clam shell buckets used: 3.5 net ton. Capacity per 10 hrs. each machine: 2500 N.T. Total 7500 N.T. Direct to cars for storage: All coal handled by transfer cars to storage piles, and coke plant. Storage capacity--Bituminous: 900,000. Depth of water at dock: 21 ft. ae length of boat that can reach dock: 700 ft., beam 70 Tt, Length of dock: 765 ft., slip 2821 ft., width 225 ft. R. R. Conn.: Algoma Central R.R. & Canadian Pacific R.R. Direct Conn.: ACR. Tributary Conn: CPR. Supt.--G. E. Sharpe. Phone AL. 6-2697. COAL DOCK 4 unloading towers. 3 Heyl & Patterson. 1 Dominion bridge. 3% ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hrs.: 8000 tons. Depth of water 21 ft. Storage capacity: 800,000. Can handle vessels up to 700 ft. RR. Conn.: C.P.R. & A.C.R. Supt.--G. E. Sharpe. Phone AL. 4-5111, Ext. 2631. Pur. Agt.--F. G. Pitcher. Century Coal Co., Ltd. (C. S. S. Lines)-- Phone 318. Mgr.--H. W. White, Toronto, Ont. Pur. Agt.--P. S. Jaeger, Cleveland, Ohio. Second dock below ship canal 1 industrial locomotive crane. Use self-unloading boats. Stephens-Adamson Reclaimer. 1% ton clam shell. 1% ton bucket used. Storage capacity 30,000 tons. Maximum length of boat 450 feet. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. m. t%. Conn.: A.C, & 0. B.C. P. PR. Supt.--D. Pyette. Gen. Supt.--W. A. Lewis, Toronto, Ont. District Services, Ltd.-- Phone 58. Location: Foot of Pim St., west side, next to C. P. R. Dock. S. W. Rogers, Sec'y. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY James McMaster, Mer. 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. RR: Conn.: A. C. & H. B. RK. K. 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--Wm. Pleurs. R.R. Conn,: A. C. © 8. B. RK. A. SAWYER, WIS. Sawyer Fuel & Supply Co.-- Pres.--V. M. Bushman. Mgr. & 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 38-7215. 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. oe per 10 hrs. each machine, approx. 5,000 machine un- ried. Method of storage, conveyor belt from Wellman unloader to storage area. a capacity--Bituminous 1,000,000 tons. Anthracite 15,000 ons. ane -- water boats can draw arriving at dock 30 ft. Channel eet. 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.--C. 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. R. Conn.: C. & N. W. Gen. Supt.--All docks--M. F. Kummer. Phone GL. 2-8139. 216

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