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Re: key harbour, ontario
Posted: November 11, 2022, 12:57 am
by guest
bill thanks for your information.
Re: key harbour, ontario
Posted: November 10, 2022, 12:17 pm
by William Lafferty
The CNR coal dock had three Brown Hoist locomotive cranes with one ton clamshells that could unload 1500 tons in ten hours. It also accommodated smaller self-unloaders. The dock was restricted to vessels 450 feet in length or shorter. The CPR dock at Britt originally had two Mead-Morrison towers using 2 ton clamshells capable of unloading 4000 tons in ten hours.
key harbour, ontario
Posted: November 9, 2022, 2:04 am
by guest
what type of unloader was used at key harbour for unloading coal for the c.n.r.? or did it all come by selfunloaders? i know it no longer exists but its an interesting subject. the c.p,r. had a similiar dock in britt, ontario for coal for their stram locomotives. was it similar to the key harbour operation? in recent years {1980s} the c.p.r. brought in diesel fuel by lake tanker, usually cleveland tankers, but that too is a thing of the past. just goes to prove even a railway knows water transportation was {is} more econimical than raiilroad!