Maritime History of the Great Lakes

"Fontana" taking coal at Sodus, 1955

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
Self-unloader "Fontana" of Boland-Cornelius fleet takes on a load of bituminous coal at the Pennsylvania Railroad coal trestle at Sodus Point, N.Y. in the summer of 1955. Coal was then taken to Niagara-Mohawk steam generating plant in Oswego. This "shuttle" existed for some 25 years, at times with different vessels.
Date of Original
1955
Subject(s)
Coal
Railroad locomotives
Steamboats
Trestles
Fontana (steamboat)
Collection
Richard Palmer
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Sodus Point
    New York, United States
    Latitude: 43.2743307762992 Longitude: -76.9421911239624
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"Fontana" taking coal at Sodus, 1955


Self-unloader "Fontana" of Boland-Cornelius fleet takes on a load of bituminous coal at the Pennsylvania Railroad coal trestle at Sodus Point, N.Y. in the summer of 1955. Coal was then taken to Niagara-Mohawk steam generating plant in Oswego. This "shuttle" existed for some 25 years, at times with different vessels.