Ports & Harbors Along Ohio's North Coast

Profile of the Port of Lorain, Ohio



Aerial view of the Port of Lorain.

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

See images from the Cleveland Press Collection taken of the harbor through the years or read a 1964 Plan for the Port of Lorain [PDF]. View maps of the port from the U. S. Army Engineer District, Buffalo as published in the Great Lakes Harbor Study - Interim Report on Lorain Harbor, Ohio in 1960:

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 Lorain, Ohio
Harbor Name Owner or Operator Cargo Equipment Railroad CXNS
"B. & O." (Black River) Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
3 10-ton Brown Hoists		 Baltimore & Ohio
"B. & O." (Washington Ave.) Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper		 Baltimore & Ohio
Lorain Works (Black River) United States Steel Corporation Unloading:
Iron Ore
Limestone		 Unloading:
3 Wellman Hulett-Type 20-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Lake Terminal
Erie Sand Erie Sand & Gravel Company Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Norfolk & Western
Lorain Elyria Sand Lorain Elyria Sand Company Unloading:
Gravel
Sand
Stone		 Unloading:
3 1-1/2 ton Crawler Cranes
1 3yd. Crawler Cranes		 [no direct rail connection]
Lorain Slag / United States Steel United States Steel Corporation, Lorain Works, Raw Materials Loading:
Slag
Coke Breeze		 Loading:
1 Belt Conveyor & Gravity Chute		 Lake Terminal
National Gypsum National Gypsum Unloading:
Gypsum		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Norfolk & Western
"T. L. & F." Scrap Wharf Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company Loading & Unloading:
Scrap Iron		 Loading & Unloading:
2 Crawler Cranes		 Baltimore & Ohio
Terminal Import-Export Terminal Import-Export Company Loading & Unloading:
Calcium Chloride		 Loading & Unloading:
1 50-ton Mobile Gantry Crane
20-ton Mobile Cranes
Self-unloaders only for Calcium Chloride		 Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Terminal Ready-Mix Terminal Ready-Mix, Inc. Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
Self-unloaders only		 Norfolk & Western