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' Fig. 2—Bulk Freighter Sir William Fairbairn alongside of new Duluth, Missabe & Northern dock HE EQUIPMENT used by the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Co., in handling im- mense tonnages of iron ore at Du- luth, Minn., during the short season of navigation on the Great Lakes, is clearly shown in the accompanying illustrations. In Fig. 1, the four ore docks are shown at the right, the one at the extreme edge of the illustra- tion being dock No. 5, which is said to be the largest loading dock in the KS xe ror SS SS world. Adjoining the iron ore docks are smaller docks for handling limestone and lumber. The dock shown at the extreme left is the railway company’s coal unloading dock. The new dock, No. 5, is illustrated in greater detail in Figs. 2 and 3. The first pile for this dock was driven Feb. 8, 1913, and the completed dock began operations April 20, 1915. The dock is 2,304 feet long and has 384 pockets with a storage capacity of Ore Docks Set KS. KISS 134,400 tons. This ore holding capac- ity is the largest of any dock on the lakes, No. 1 dock of the Allouez Bay Dock Co. being second with 112,200 tons. The superstructure of the new dock is steel and rests on a concrete base. The height from’ the water level to the deck is 80 feet, 5 inches, making it the highest dock on the lakes. The height from the water level to the center of the spout hinge hole is 40 feet 9 inches, and the ex- FIG, 3—BULK FREIGHTER JAMES A. F ARRELL, ONE OF THE LARGEST BOATS LOADED AT NEW DOCK 73 ON THE LAKES, BEING