Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Great Lakes Directory, 1951, p. 463

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COAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKES—Continued Commodities handled: Billets, Bars, Pig Iron, Speigel, Scrap Iron. Rigs: 1 Whirley 35 Ton Gantry Crane. Length of boom 65 feet. Also equipped with magnet and hook. Capacity per 10 hours 500 tons. Method of storage: Direct to Cars—Storage capacity None. Depth of water at dock 21 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 2000 feet. R. R. Conn: All roads entering Chicago. Direct R. R. Conn: P. R. R. and I. H. B. Supt.—H. M. Coughlin. Res. Phone Crown Point, Indiana 8050-L-3. Republic Steel Corporation— Phone Bay 1-2000. Location: 118th Street and Calumet River. Address 116th Street and Burley Ave., Chicago 17, 111. Manager—A. J. Yonker. Res. Phone Triangle 4-7159. Pur. Agent—F. J. Laskey, Republic Bldg., Cleveland 1, Ohio. Depend On Self-Unloading Boats entirely. Commodities Handled: Billets—Bars—Pig Iron—Spiegel— Scrap Iron. Method of storage: Direct to cars. Storage capacity NONE. Depth of water at dock 19 feet. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 400 feet. R. R. Conn: All Lines entering Chicago. Direct R. R. Conn: P. R. R.—I. H. B. Supt.—H. M. Coughlin. Res. Phone Crown Point 8050-L-3. Republic Steel Corporation— Phone Bay 1-2000. Location: 120th St. and Calumet River. Address 116th St. and Burley Ave., Chicago 17, 111. Manager—A. J. Yonker. Res. Phone Triangle 4-7159. Pur. Agent—F. J. Laskey, Republic Bldg., Cleveland 1, Ohio. Depend on Self-Unloading Boats entirely. Commodities Handled—Stone. Storage capacity of Stone 12,000 tons (Gross) SEE OUR COMPLETE Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Can handle any size Boat. Length of dock 800 feet. R. R. Conn: All lines entering Chicago. Direct Conn: P. R. R. and I. H. B. Supt.—H. M. Coughlin. Res. Phone Crown Point, Ind. 8050-L-3. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. (Old Iroquois Dock) (New South Chicago Works)— Phone So. Chicago 8-2100. Calumet River at 94th St., south side of Calumet River. Main Office: Youngstown, Ohio. 4 rigs (2 Brown, 1 Hoover, 1 Mead-Morrison). Size of clam shells used 7% ton, 8 ton and 10-ton cleanup. Capacity per 10 hours 10,000 tons. Storage capacity 500,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 21 feet 6 inches. Can handle any size boat. Length of dock 2,700 feet. R. R. Conn.: Chicago Short Line. SOUTHAMPTON, ONT. Robert McVittie— Dock located on Saugeen River. Depend on self-unloading boats. Equipped with one crane with a capacity of 1,000 tons per 10 hours. Storage capacity 5,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 14 feet. Maximum length of boat 350 feet. R. R. Conn.: C. N. R. R. SOUTH HAVEN, MICH. Michigan Shore Lumber & Supply Co.— Phone 290. T. C. Tiedebohl, Mgr. and Purchasing Agent, Kalamazoo St. Location: North side of Black River near Black River St. Length of dock 400 feet. Depth of water at dock 18 feet, channel 21 feet. MAPS OF HARBORS

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