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| Unloading Iron Ore From Lake Vessels, Cleveland; Lat. 41o N.; Long. 81o W.: Cleveland is the largest city in the state of Ohio, and is situated on the south shore of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. It has excellent connection by water with Superior iron regions. It has a lake frontage of about fourteen miles, protected for five and three-quarter miles by a breakwater constructed by the Federal Government. The harbor has unexcelled facilities for handling iron ore. That lake steamer over yonder and the nearer vessel at or left have come down from the western end of Lake Superior, laden with ore for great steel mills at Youngstown, Pittsburgh, or Wheeling. A few years ago the unloading system which we see in operation directly before us was considered splendidly effective. That suspended bucket has been lowered into the vessel's hold and there filled, then drawn along an overhead trolley beam for dumping into the car. Today the "clam" unloaders are more commonly used. We can see this apparatus looming in the air above that farther pier. By this newer method, five to ten tons of ore can be lifted in one load, and the work can be done much more quickly than by the "pocket" method. Copyright by The Keystone View Company |
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