Thunder Bay is the merger of the cities Fort William and Port Arthur.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, a lot of anthracite coal was shipped to the plains states and Canada to heat homes.
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| Mike Delaney posted In a very rare shot, the photo shows the two Wellman-Seaver-Morgan installed and built hullett coal dock unloaders. Yes, there were Hulletts above the Soo. This shot from a 1920 W-S-M installation brochure of the machines at Fort William, Ontario. How long these lasted until removal is anyone's guess. Never seen another shot of these. I assume these two were the only ones at this dock as they would be more than adequate for unloading coal laden vessels in a timely manner of that time. Dale Pohto: Because of the low cubic weight of coal, they were rated at only eight tons. Mike Delaney posted John Travers: These Huletts were built in 1912 and this dock was in service for the Canadian Pacific road until 1960-61. The present Thunder Bay Terminal is directly to the north of where this Hulett dock once stood. These were the only Huletts that were specifically designed to unload coal, although Huletts were used to unload lots of coal and limestone at steel plant docks at Gary Works and Republic Steel in South Chicago. Why the Huletts never become widely used at the many upper lakes coal unloading docks is a mystery to me. Mike Delaney: John Travers I suspect the bridge type unloader were cheaper, required less people to operate and were more versatile for stocking in the bins. |
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| Dave Walker commented on Mike's second post Haven't seen that shot before - the Huletts show up on Fort William postcards from the time. https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/269227/cpr-coal-dock-fort-william-ontario |
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| Dave commented on his comment https://www.asme.org/.../lan.../199-hulett-ore-unloaders.pdf |
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