Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1939, p. 319

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ORE UNLOADING DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKESâ€"Continued CONNEAUT, OHIO Pittsburg & Conneaut Dock Co.â€" Office Phone Main Sill. 5 Electric Huletts. Size clam shells used 17 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 18,000 tons. 2 Locomotive Cranes, with 50 foot booms. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle boats of any length and with any size hatches. Storage capacity 1,400,000 tons. Railroad connections : Bessemer & Lake Erie. Supt. Gordon S. Meek. Res. Phone Main 2420. DETROIT, MICH. Ford Motor Co.â€" Phone Oregon 4600. River Rouge. (Ore and Coal Dock.) 1 Mead-Morrison. Size of clam shell used 12 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 4,000 tons. 2 Huletts. Size of clam shell used 12 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 4,000 tons each. Storage capacity 1,000,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 to 21 feet. Maximum length boat that can reach dock 600 feet. Railroad connections: D. T. & I. Supt. D. L. Newkirk. Great Lakes Steel Corp.â€"(Division of National Steel Corp.)â€" Located on the Detroit River at Ecorse. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 18 feet. Maximum length of boat that can reach dock 1,000 feet. Railroad connections : Michigan Central. Great Lakes Steel Corp.â€"(Hanna Furnace Division)â€" Detroit Plant. Phone Vinewood 2-1195. Location, Zug Island, Delray P. O. 3 Brown Hoists. 2 5-ton, 1 9-ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 7,000 tons. 1 Wellman-Seaver-Morgan. 1 Dravo Fast Plant. Size of clam shell used 9 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 3,000 tons. Size of clam shells used 5 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 2,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 25 feet. Can handle boats of any length with 65 ft. beam. Storage capacity 350,000 tons. Length of dock 1270 feet. Railroad connections : D. T. & I.â€"M. C.â€"Shore Lineâ€"Pere Marq. and Wab. Mgr. E. J. McCleary, Res. Phone Laf. 1676. Supt. O. G .Dalzell, Res. Phone Wyandotte 1341. ERIE, PA. The Erie Dock Co.â€"(P. & E. Dock)â€" Location, East End of Harbor, Foot of Parade St. Phone 22-632. Pickands Mather Co., Mgrs., Cleveland, Ohio. 1 Electric Hulett Unloader. Size of clam shells used 10 ton. 2 Mead Morrison. Size of clam shells used 6 and 10 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 10,000 tons. Depth of water at dock 22 feet. Can handle boats of any length. Storage capacity 300,000 tons. Railroad connections: Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Co. Supt. N. A. Lechner. Res. Phone 71-200. SEE OUR COMPLETE MAPS OF HARBORS 319

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