Ports & Harbors Along Ohio's North Coast

Profile of the Port of Ashtabula, Ohio



Pinney docks at the Port of Ashtabula.

This site provides access to a number of resources pertaining to the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio.

See images from the Cleveland Press Collection taken of the harbor through the years or view a map of the port from the U. S. Army Engineer District, Buffalo as published in the Great Lakes Harbor Study - Interim Report on Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio in 1959.

Below is a table that offers information about each of the docks at the port. This information is compiled from the 10th 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 Cleveland docks. See current information about the port.

A tabular profile of the Port of Ashtabula, Ohio : The Cleveland Memory Project
Harbor Name Owner or Operator Cargo Equipment Railroad CXNS
"A. & B" (Outer Harbor) Ashtabula & Buffalo Dock Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Penn Central
Carferry Slip Acme Scrap Iron & Metal Company Loading:
Scrap Iron		 Loading:
2 Crawler Cranes
1 Locomotive Crane		 Penn Central
Penn Central Dock #10 (Ashtabula River) Lower Lake Dock Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
Conveyor Fed Traveling Ship Loader with Lowering Spout and Gates		 Penn Central
Pinney Dock #2 Pinney Dock and Transportation Company Unloading:
Various Bulk Materials		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Pinney Dock #3 Pinney Dock and Transportation Company Unloading:
Various Bulk Materials		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Pinney Dock #4 Pinney Dock and Transportation Company Loading & Unloading:
General Cargos
Various Bulk Materials		 Loading & Unloading:
2 15-ton Gantry Cranes
1 60-ton heavy-lift portable crane		 Penn Central
Sidley (Ashtabula River) R. W. Sidley Company Unloading:
Stone & Sand		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Union (Outer Harbor - East) Union Dock Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Penn Central