Ports & Harbors Along Ohio's North Coast

Profile of the Port of Cleveland, Ohio



View of ship and Hulett automatic ore loader at the Port of Cleveland.

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

See images from the Cleveland Press Collection taken of the harbor through the years or read the following eTexts.

Also of interest: Cleveland - World Port, a video originally filmed in 1959 depicting one of the first ships to arrive at the then new lakefront Cleveland Port.

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 Cleveland, Ohio
Harbor Name Owner or Operator Cargo Equipment Railroad CXNS
Allied Crane Allied Crane Service Loading & Unloading:
Ores
Clay		 Loading & Unloading
1 45-ton truck crane
1 60-ton truck crane		 Penn Central (away from dock)
Breckling's Breckling Concrete Corporation Loading & Unloading:
Various Materials		 Loading & Unloading:
Rented as needed		 Penn Central
"C. & P." (Lakefront) Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Dock Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
4 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Penn Central
CBS #1 Cleveland Builders Supply Company Unloading:
Sand
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Baltimore & Ohio
CBS #2 Cleveland Builders Supply Company Unloading:
Salt
Sand
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Central Furnace (Cuyahoga River) United States Steel Corporation Unloading:
Iron Ore
Limestone		 Unloading:
2 Wellman Hulett-Type 10-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
Limestone received only by self-unloader.
Newburgh & South Shore
Cleveland Gypsum Cleveland Builders Supply Company Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Erie-Lackawanna
Clifton Concrete Clifton Concrete & Supply Company Unloading:
Sand
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Norfolk & Western
Corrigan - McKinney (Cuyahoga River) Republic Steel Corp. Unloading:
Iron Ore
Limestone		 Unloading:
3 Wellman Hulett-Type 10-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
2 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
Limestone received only by self-unloader		 River Terminal
Dock # 20 Cleveland Steveadore Company Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
3 150-ton Manitowoc Crawler Cranes
1 60-ton Manitowoc Crawler Crane 		Penn Central
Dock #24 Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
Mobile Cranes		 Penn Central
Dock #26 Cleveland Steveadore Company Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes
3 150-ton Manitowoc Crawler Cranes
1 60-ton Manitowoc Crawler Crane		 Penn Central
Dock #28 Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 150-ton Heavy Lift Stiff-leg Crane		 Penn Central
Dock #30 Great Lakes International Corporation Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 150-ton Crawler Crane
1 100-ton Crawler Crane
1 60-ton Crawler Crane		 Penn Central
Dock # 32 Great Lakes International Corporation Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 150-ton Crawler Crane
1 100-ton Crawler Crane
1 60-ton Crawler Crane		 Penn Central
Erie / NYPANO (Old River) Erie Dock Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
3 Wellman Hulett-type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Erie - Lacawanna
Ford Motor Ford Motor Company Unloading:
Sand
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Huron Cement Huron Portland Cement Division Unloading:
Cement		 Unloading:
Unloading Pipes		 Erie-Lackawanna
International Salt International Salt Company Loading:
Salt		 Loading:
1 Shuttle Conveyor Belt		 Penn Central
L & M Properties Company Breckling Concrete Corporation Unloading:
Building Materials
Salt		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 No direct rail connection
Lower Republic-East Dock Republic Steel Corporation Unloading:
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 River Terminal
Lower Republic-West Dock Republic Steel Corporation Unloading:
Steel Turnings		 Unloading:
Steel Turnings		 River Terminal
Maro Coke Maro, Incorporated Loading:
Coke		 Loading:
1 Shuttle Conveyor		 Penn Central
Merwin Avenue Dock Cuyahoga Lime Company, Inc. Unloading:
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Montana Flour Mills International Milling Company Unloading:
Grain		 Unloading:
Elevator		 Penn Central
Nicholson Terminal Nicholson Cleveland Terminal Company Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo
Newsprint		 Loading & Unloading:
2 12-ton Lorain Cranes		 No direct rail connection
Ontario Stone #1 Ontario Stone Corporation Unloading:
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 No direct rail connection
Ontario Stone #2 Ontario Stone Corporation Unloading:
Stone		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 No direct rail connection
Otis (Cuyahoga River) Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Unloading:
Iron Ore
Limestone		 Unloading:
2 5-ton Brown Hoists
1 15-ton Wellman
Limestone received only by self-unloader
 Cuyahoga Valley
Peerless Cement Peerless Division, American Cement Corporation Unloading:
Cement		 Unloading:
Self-Unloaders or Unloading Pipes		 Penn Central
Riverfront Cleveland Steveadore Company Loading & Unloading:
Various Bulk Cargos		 Loading & Unloading:
4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes		 Baltimore & Ohio
Sand Products Sand Products Corporation Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Penn Central
Sherwin - Williams Sherwin - Williams Company Unloading:
Grain		 Unloading:
Elevator		 Erie - Lackawanna R.R.
Sycamore Dock Cleveland Steveadore Company Loading & Unloading:
Various Commodities		 Loading & Unloading:
4 40-ton Locomotive Cranes		 Baltimore & Ohio