Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes & Seaway Directory, 1965, p. 221

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES--Continued Ontario & Quebec Transportation Company, Chicago-Thorold twice a month; Key Line, Montreal and Upper Lake ports twice a week. Good highways to all points. Holidays -- Customs and Canal officials aiways available. Weaver Coal Co. (Thorold Dock)-- Phone: CA. 7-1116. Mer.--K. M. Genge, 54 Ann Street. Phone: CA. 7-1475. Location: East bark Welland Ship Canal, North of Guard Gate. Office: 347 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. Phone: EM. 4-3271. Use self-unloading boats. 1 North West whirlie; 50 ft. boom. Size of clam shell buckets: 1% yd. Capacity per 10 hrs: 500 tons. 1 Lorain; 60 ft. boom; 1% yd. bucket. 8 Barber Green conveys and 2 Haiss loaders. Depth of water at dock 21 ft. Storage capacity: 100,000 tons. Maximum length of boat: 650 ft., any beam. Length of dock: 1,000 ft. ® R. Conn.: C.N.R. Dock Foreman--G. S. Freeman. Phone: CA. 7-2980, THREE RIVERS, QUE. Dominion Coal, Ltd.-- Location: Extreme west end of city. 2 steel towers for unloading. Size of clam shells used 2% ton. Capacity per 10 hours 3,000 tons each. 1 Brown hoist with 1-ton clam shell with 42 foot boom. Capacity per 10 hours 500 tons. Storage capacity 250,000 tons. Mgr.--William Lambton. St. Lawrence Coaling, Ltd.-- 1595 du Fleuve St. Pres.--J. S. McGee. Vice Pres. Pur. Agt.--E. Bureaus. Fueling dock (can bunker any size boat). 3 Ind. Brown hoists, cranes, 2-ton clams. Capacity unloading for 10 hours 1200 tons. Storage capacity 40,000 tons coal. Depth of water at dock 35 feet, length of dock 6385 feet. Supt.--A. Harrison. 7 &. Conn.: C. P. R. TOLEDO, OHIO B. and O. R. R.-- Location above B. & O. Elevator Dock. 2 electric 2-ton cranes, with 50-foot booms. Method of storage direct to cars and to 2 warehouses. With total of 80,000 square feet, one warehouse with 50,000 square feet capacity, heated and sprinkling system. Can handle any size boat. R. R. Conn.: B. & O. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.-- Phone: TA. 4661 or OX. 1-4661. Location in Harbor: East Side Maumee Bay, (Presque Isle.) Operator: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Phone 7-9811. Address of operator: Richmond, Va. Pur. Agt.: A. W. Hix, The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. Do not depend on self-unloading boats. Miscellaneous rigs. Boat loader. Kind. Traveling bridge supplied by 96" conveyors and Wellman tandem dumpers. Number 1. Length of booms about 78 feet. Capacity per 10 hours 60,000 tons. : Method of storage. We do not stock coal--same is transhipped direct to vessels. Storage capacity--bituminous, 260 cars. Depth of water boats can draw arriving at dock 25 feet. Chan- nel 25 feet. : Maximum length of boat that can reach dock--all sizes and beams presently on lakes. : en of dock 850' of existing dock, length of slip 1,760', width R. R. Conn.: C. & O. 8 ee Toledo Terminal, Tributary Conn.: N. & W., & Supt.: J. W. Marshall. Phone Cherry 2-3839. 'tee 221 Hills & Pound-- Phone Main 2118, Dock. located at foot of Magnolia St. This dock is 1,500 feet long, with three parallel tracks. Warehouse alongside track, 2 steam cranes with 55 foot booms. Capacity per 10 hours 1,000 tons. Capacity of warehouse 15,000 square feet. Storage capacity unlimited for bulk material. Size of clam shells used, 1 14-yard, 1 14-yard. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. R. R. Conn.: Pennsylvania. Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Facility No. 1 Phone 243-8251. Location: East Bank of Maumee River -- 34 mile above mouth. Operator: Toledo Overseas Terminals Co. Berths 1, 2 and. 8. Phone 726-2605. Address: Box 306 Station A. Toledo, Ohio. Manager: Robert F. Cornwell. Phone 726-2605. Do not depend on Self-Unloading Boats. Miscellaneous Rigs: (Berth 4). Kind: Gantry Crane, capacity 110 tons. Number: 1 length of Booms: 110 Ft. Method of storage: Open (Berths 5 & 6). Depth of water at dock 27 ft, Channel 25 ft. Maximum length of Boat that can reach dock: No Limit. Length of dock: 2900 ft. Direct Conn.: C&O Ry. Co. Tributary, Conn.: Toledo Terminal Ry. Supt: William C. Beckett, Manager of Statistics Nicholson Concrete-- Phone CH. 8-2603 Location: West side at Pennsylvania R.R. Station. Operator: Nicholson Concrete & Supply Co. Address: P.O. Box 2707 Station B. Toledo, Ohio. Manager: Barney Kanary. Pur. Agt: Frank Lawson. Unload Sand Boats with two cranes: Fast Plants: None. Miscellaneous Rigs: Two Yard Crane, Two Yard Bucket. One Yard Crane: One Railroad Steam Crane, Booms 50' - 70'. Size of Buckets used: One Yard & Two Yard. Method of storage: Ground storage only. Direct from cars for storage: Not done. At other points: None. Storage capacity: Bituminous, Sand & Stone only, Storage 30,000 tons. Depth of water at dock: 15' - 25'. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock: 500' plus. Length of dock: 800' Width 100'. R.R. Conn: PRRCo. Supt: J. Nicholson, President. Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.-- Cherry 4-8346. Location: Maumee Bay--East and Lakeward of C. & O. Docks. Operator: Toledo Lakefront Dock Co., Station A, Toledo 5, Ohio. T. C. Sparks, Vice Pres. Dock operations, Hanna Bldg., Cleve- land 15, Ohio. Phone Tower 1-3300. 2 Hyle & Patterson Electric Car Dumpers. Capacity 40,000 tons in 10 hours. 1 Wellman Electric Car Dump. Capacity 15,000 tons in 10 hours. Depth of water at dock 25 feet. Can handle any size boat. 2 slips with 350 foot openings. Length of dock 1,800 feet. R. R. Conn.: Lakefront Dock & R. R. Term. Co. Railroad Supt.--W. J. Henry, Jr. Res Phone Greenwood 4-2627. Supt.--A. C. Brazean. Phone Greenwood 5-2627. Toledo Marine Terminals, Inc.-- Phone OX. 3-9365. Location: East side Maumee River, 4% miles upstream. Operator: Toledo Marine Terminals, Inc., 26 Main Street, Toledo, Ohio. Phone OX. 3-9365. Mer.--W. J. Purcell. Phone EV. 2-6575. Pur. nee, is pelseate Not applicable to general cargo. Deri of water boats can draw at dock: 25 ft. Can handle any length of boat than can reach dock. READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY

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