Dock information for Port of Toledo, Ohio.

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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 Toledo docks.


Anderson (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		The Andersons
	Cargo - Loading
		Grain
	Cargo - Unloading
		Fertilizer
		Rock Salt
	Equipment - Loading
		Elevator
	Equipment - Unloading
		Self-unloaders only
	Railroad Connections
		Norfolk & Western Ry.
		Penn Central

Ceres, Inc. / Berths #5 & #6 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Ceres, Inc.
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 110-ton Traveling Gantry Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeke & Ohio

East Side Dock #1 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
	Equipment - Unloading
		1 1-1/2-ton Locomotive Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

East Side Elevator (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Cargill, Inc.
	Cargo - Loading
		Grain
	Equipment - Loading
		Elevator
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Huron Cement (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		National Gypsum Company, Huron Portland Cement Division
	Cargo - Unloading
		Cement
	Equipment - Unloading
		Unloading Pipes
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Lakefront-East Pier (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio
		Penn Central

Lakefront-Middle Pier (East Side) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio
		Penn Central

Lakefront-Middle Pier (West Side) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio
		Penn Central

Lakefront-West Pier (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Lakefront Dock Co.
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
	Equipment - Unloading
		2 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
		2 Wellman Hulett-Type 20-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio
		Penn Central

Mid-States (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Mid-States Terminals, Inc.
	Cargo - Loading
		Grain
	Equipment - Loading
		Elevator
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio

Nicholson (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Nicholson Concrete Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
		Slag
	Equipment - Unloading
		2 2-ton Crawler Cranes
		1 10-1/2-ton Locomotive Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Old Sand Products (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
	Equipment - Unloading
		Crawler Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		Baltimore & Ohio

Presque Isle-East Pier (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Krupp-Ardelt Conveyor and Tower with Telescopic Chute
	Equipment - Unloading
		3 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeake & Ohio

Presque Isle-Middle Pier (East Side) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Chesapeke & Ohio Railway
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeke & Ohio

Presque Isle-Middle Pier (West Side) (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Chesapeke & Ohio Railway
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeke & Ohio

Presque Isle-West Pier (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Chesapeke & Ohio Railway
	Cargo - Loading
		Coal
	Equipment - Loading
		1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeke & Ohio

Toledo Furnace (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Interlake Steel Company
	Cargo - Loading
		Pig Iron
	Cargo - Unloading
		Iron Ore
	Equipment - Loading
		Only by ship's equipment
	Equipment - Unloading
		3 5-ton Hoover & Masons
	Railroad Connections
		Norfolk & Western

Toledo Harbor Warehouse (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Harbor Warehousing Corporation
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		Handled by ship's equipment
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Toledo Marine Terminal / Morton Salt (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Marine Terminals, Inc.
	Cargo - Loading
		General Cargo
	Cargo - Unloading
		General Cargo
		Salt (Morton Salt)
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 5-ton Mobile Crane
		1 25-ton Mobile Crane
		1 40-ton Stiff Leg Derrick Crane
		Salt by Self-unloader only
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

Toledo Overseas / Diamond Crystal Salt Co. / Berths #1 , #2 & #3 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo Overseas Terminal
	Cargo - Loading
		General Cargo
	Cargo - Unloading
		General Cargo
		Salt (Diamond Crystal Salt)
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 40-ton Crane
		2 45-ton Gantry Cranes
		2 60-ton Lima Mobile Cranes
		Salt by Self-unloader only
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeake & Ohio

Toledo Port Authority / Berths #4 & #7 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
	Cargo - Loading & Unloading
		General Cargo
	Equipment - Loading & Unloading
		1 50-ton Gantry Crane
		1 110-ton Traveling Gantry Crane
	Railroad Connections
		Chesapeake & Ohio

West Side Dock #2 (1969)
	Owner/Operator
		Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company
	Cargo - Unloading
		Sand
	Equipment - Unloading
		1 1-ton Crawler Crane
		2 2-ton Crawler Cranes
	Railroad Connections
		Penn Central

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