pcolachap wrote:Good morning Jon Paul, regarding unloading in Lorain at the B&O lakefront dock, there weren't any huletts there. The 1961 ShipMasters Directory lists three Brown Electric unloaders with ten ton clam shells. As a "kid" I often to Lorain to see dad's boat either in layup at the old B&O coal dock ~1977 pic~ or to make a trip.
The first trip was 1955 on the brand new George M. Humphrey.
The rigs at the Lakefront ore dock were odd looking to me. They weren't like the Hoover Masons at the PY&A in Ashtabula, but were very heavy looking in appearance. . On the Republic C4 cargo routes, often when loading for Ashtabula, they would do a split load of ore between Duluth and Two Harbors for the Union dock in Bula.
Happy New Year! Mike
Thanks for reminding me about the Lorain unloaders. We were there only a couple of times and I couldn't remember till you jogged my memory.
They were on the west side of the harbor and just to the east of the coal dock and if I remember right they had a strange sound to them.
We were only there for a few hours each time.
I do remember from fit out however that there was a favorite bar for the boat guys called the Angry Bull.
What I always found ironic was that the Triplets came with the Republic contract but actually carried more traditional Cliffs loads than the many other boats in the fleet.
I enjoyed the variety. One of my buddies was on the Caddilac and 99% of their trips were Silver Bay to Republic/Cleveland which is fine if ya live near Cleveland but rather monotonous.
[quote="pcolachap"]Good morning Jon Paul, regarding unloading in Lorain at the B&O lakefront dock, there weren't any huletts there. The 1961 ShipMasters Directory lists three Brown Electric unloaders with ten ton clam shells. As a "kid" I often to Lorain to see dad's boat either in layup at the old B&O coal dock ~1977 pic~ or to make a trip.
The first trip was 1955 on the brand new George M. Humphrey.
The rigs at the Lakefront ore dock were odd looking to me. They weren't like the Hoover Masons at the PY&A in Ashtabula, but were very heavy looking in appearance. . On the Republic C4 cargo routes, often when loading for Ashtabula, they would do a split load of ore between Duluth and Two Harbors for the Union dock in Bula.
Happy New Year! Mike[/quote]
Thanks for reminding me about the Lorain unloaders. We were there only a couple of times and I couldn't remember till you jogged my memory.
They were on the west side of the harbor and just to the east of the coal dock and if I remember right they had a strange sound to them.
We were only there for a few hours each time.
I do remember from fit out however that there was a favorite bar for the boat guys called the Angry Bull.
What I always found ironic was that the Triplets came with the Republic contract but actually carried more traditional Cliffs loads than the many other boats in the fleet.
I enjoyed the variety. One of my buddies was on the Caddilac and 99% of their trips were Silver Bay to Republic/Cleveland which is fine if ya live near Cleveland but rather monotonous.