Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1916, p. 294

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COAL DOCKS OF THE GREAT LAKESâ€"Continued Division St. Three Old Style Rigs. Capacity per 10 hours 750 tons. Schenck Co.. S. C. (D. L. & W.)â€" 37 W. Vanburen St. Division St.â€"Goose Island. Two Mead Hoists. 1 ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 2,500 tons. Storage capacity 55,000 tons. Depth of water 19 feet. Maximum length of boat 500 feet. R. R. connections, C. M. & St. P. to all roads. Supt. J. C. Karman. SOUTH BRANCH. (Chicago River) Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.â€" 37 W. Vanburen St. Canal and Lumber Sts. Three Hoists. Capacity per 10 hours 750 tons. Schenck Co., S. C. (D. L. & W.) â€" 37 W. Vanburen St. 35th St. Dock. Two Mead Hoists. 1 ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 2,500 tons. Storage capacity 100,000 tons. Depth of water 18 feet 6 inches. Can handle boats of any length. Maximum beam of boat 52 feet. R. R. connections, all roads into Chicago. Supt. Hugh P. Moran. CHICOUTIMI, QUEBEC. Price Brothers & Co., Ltd.â€" Saguenay River. Two Brown Hoists. â€" ton clam shells used. Capacity per 10 hours 600 tons. Depth of water at dock 15 feet. Maximum length of boat 250 feet. Supt. J. McD. Grosart. CLEVELAND, OHIO Pittsburgh Coal Co. (Cuddy-Mullen)â€" McMyler Car Dump, 1st Machine. Supt. A. A. Wedow. Ellsworth & Co., J. W.â€" McMyler Car Dump, 2d Machine. Supt. P. Gallagher. East Pier Dock Co.â€" J. W. Ellsworth & Co. Two McMylers. Size of buckets used iy2 ton. Capacity per 10 hours 600 tons. Depth of water at dock 20 feet. Supt. P. Gallagher. Pennsylvaniaâ€" McMyler Car Dump, 3d Machine. Supt. P. Gallagher. Pittsburgh Coal Co. (Irishtown)â€" Wellman-Seaver Car Dump (Above Viaduct). Supt. Mike McCarthy. Pittsburgh Coal Co. (West Side Fuel Dock)â€" Supt W. P. Bennett. W. & L. E.â€" McMyler Car Dump (Above Erie R. R. Bridge). COLLINGWOOD, ONT. Collingwood Packing Co.â€" West Side of the Harbor. One Steam Hoist. Capacity per 10 hours 400 tons. Storage capacity 4,000 tons. 294 SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF COAL AND ORE DOCKS

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