Profile of the Port
at Ashtabula, Ohio

at the
Great Lakes
Industrial History Center


Cleveland Press Collection
This site provides access to a number of resources pertaining to the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio.
The table offers information about each of the docks at the port. The information in this table is for the year 1969, prior to the removal of much of the large cargo handling machinery.
The images are from the Cleveland Press Collection. These are views of the harbor through the years.
The map of the port is from the U. S. Army Engineer District, Buffalo as published in the Great Lakes Harbor Study - Interim Report on Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio in 1959.
Links to additional and related information may be found at the end of this page.

 

           
  "A. & B." (Outer Harbor) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Ashtabula & Buffalo Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Carferry Slip (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Acme Scrap Iron & Metal Company
 
  Cargo - Loading
    Scrap Iron
 
  Equipment - Loading
    2 Crawler Cranes
 
    1 Locomotive Crane
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Penn Central Dock #10 (Ashtabula River) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Lower Lake Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Conveyor Fed Traveling Ship Loader with Lowering Spout and Gates
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 
  Pinney Dock #2 (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pinney Dock and Transportation Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Various Bulk Materials
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Pinney Dock #3 (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pinney Dock and Transportation Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Various Bulk Materials
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Pinney Dock #4 (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pinney Dock and Transportation Company
 
  Cargo - Loading & Unloading
    General Cargos
 
    Various Bulk Materials
 
  Equipment - Loading & Unloading
    2 15-ton Gantry Cranes
 
    1 60-ton heavy-lift portable crane
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Sidley (Ashtabula River) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    R. W. Sidley Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Stone
 
    Sand
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

 
  Union (Outer Harbor - East) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Union Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
 
  Railroad Connections
    Penn Central
 

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Last updated December 30, 1998