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This information is compiled from the tenth edition of Greenwood's Guide to Great Lakes Shipping. The year 1969 is chosen to illustrate the height of use for much of the large materials handling equipment used on the Cleveland docks.


Allied Crane (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Allied Crane Service
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		Ores
		Clay
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 45-ton truck crane
		1 60-ton truck crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central (away from dock)

Breckling's (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Breckling Concrete Corporation
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		Various Materials
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		Rented as needed
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

"C. & P." (Lakefront) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Dock Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
	Equipment - Unloading
		4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

CBS #1 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Builders Supply Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio

CBS #2 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Builders Supply Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Salt
		Sand
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Central Furnace (Cuyahoga River) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		United States Steel Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
		Limestone
	Equipment - Unloading
		2 Wellman Hulett-Type 10-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
		Limestone received only by self-unloader.
	Railroad Connections
		Newburgh & South Shore

Cleveland Gypsum (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Builders Supply Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Erie-Lackawanna

Clifton Concrete (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Clifton Concrete & Supply Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Norfolk & Western

Corrigan - McKinney (Cuyahoga River) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Republic Steel Corp.
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
		Limestone
	Equipment - Unloading
		3 Wellman Hulett-Type 10-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
		2 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
		Limestone received only by self-unloader
	Railroad Connections
		River Terminal

Dock # 20 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Steveadore Company
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
		3 150-ton Manitowoc Crawler Cranes
		1 60-ton Manitowoc Crawler Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Dock #24 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		Mobile Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Dock #26 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Steveadore Company
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
		3 150-ton Manitowoc Crawler Cranes
		1 60-ton Manitowoc Crawler Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Dock # 28 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 150-ton Heavy Lift Stiff-leg Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Dock #30 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Great Lakes International Corporation
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 150-ton Crawler Crane
		1 100-ton Crawler Crane
		1 60-ton Crawler Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Dock # 32 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Great Lakes International Corporation
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Unloading
		1 150-ton Crawler Crane
		1 100-ton Crawler Crane
		1 60-ton Crawler Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central
Erie / NYPANO (Old River) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Erie Dock Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
	Equipment - Unloading
		3 Wellman Hulett-type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
	Railroad Connections
		Erie - Lacawanna

Ford Motor (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Ford Motor Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Huron Cement (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Huron Portland Cement Division
	Cargo - Unloading
		Cement
	Equipment - Unloading
		Unloading Pipes
	Railroad Connections
		Erie-Lackawanna

International Salt (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		International Salt Company
	Cargo - Loading
		Salt
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Shuttle Conveyor Belt
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

L & M Properties Company (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Breckling Concrete Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Building Materials
		Salt
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		No direct rail connection

Lower Republic-East Dock (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Republic Steel Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		River Terminal

Lower Republic-West Dock (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Republic Steel Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Steel Turnings
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		River Terminal

Maro Coke (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Maro, Incorporated
	Cargo - Loading
		Coke
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Shuttle Conveyor
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Merwin Avenue Dock (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cuyahoga Lime Company, Inc.
	Cargo - Unloading
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Montana Flour Mills (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		International Milling Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Grain
	Equipment - Unloading
		Elevator
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Nicholson Terminal (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Nicholson Cleveland Terminal Company
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
		Newsprint
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		2 12-ton Lorain Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		No direct rail connection

Ontario Stone #1 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Ontario Stone Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		No direct rail connection

Ontario Stone #2 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Ontario Stone Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Stone
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		No direct rail connection

Otis (Cuyahoga River) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
		Limestone
	Equipment - Unloading
		2 5-ton Brown Hoists
		1 15-ton Wellman
		Limestone received only by self-unloader
	Railroad Connections
		Cuyahoga Valley

Peerless Cement (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Peerless Division, American Cement Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Cement
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-Unloaders or Unloading Pipes
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Riverfront (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Steveadore Company
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		Various Bulk Cargos
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio

Sand Products (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Sand Products Corporation
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Sherwin - Williams (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Sherwin - Williams Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Grain
	Equipment - Unloading
		Elevator
	Railroad Connections
		Erie - Lackawanna R.R.

Sycamore Dock (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cleveland Steveadore Company
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		Various Commodities
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio

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