Before self-loading ships where developed, Hulett ore unloaders were used on Whiskey Island. Before Hulett patented his unloader in 1889, Brown Hoists were used. See "Saving the Hulett Ore Unloaders and C&P Dock" for photos of Huletts on this dock.
Three of the four photos posted by Steve Vanden Bosch with the comment:
This photo of the railside of the Brown Hoists in Cleveland I thought just unique but when I looked further in the river is the Wiley M Egan and the David Z Norton. This photo is from the Library of Congress.The David Z Norton was built in 1906 by American Shipbuilding Cleveland and was scrapped in 1964 in Italy.The Wiley M Egan was built in 1887 by William Radcliffe in Cleveland abandoned and scuttled in 1919.
Fred Bultman: This is Whisky Island. At the time it was almost all ore docks, Brown hoists everywhere.
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| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted An image from a glass negative of a ship being unloaded at the Cleveland & Pittsburgh iron ore dock in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1901. The equipment being used was manufactured by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. of Cleveland (Image Source: Library of Congress – Detroit Publishing Co. Collection). An analysis of a high-resolution copy of the image identifies the vessel to be the Maia of the Minnesota Steamship Co. with a home port of Ashtabula, Ohio. [I skip the history of the freighter and their history of the Brownhoist is here.] |
Steve Vanden Bosch posted seven photos with the comment:
This photo from the Detroit Publishing Collection is captioned Unloading at Ore Docks Cleveland in 1900. In this photo shows and unknown and another in front of it front right is the John Craig and right is the Chauncy Hurlbut.John Craig was built in 1888 by John Craig in Trenton Mi. She was lost when she sprung a leak and went ashore near Ontonagon, MI, Lake Superior, on November 21, 1906.Chauncy Hurlbut was built in 1874 by Simon Langell in St Clair Mi. She was lost when she also sprang a leak during a gale on Lake Superior, September 6, 1908, and was beached ten miles west of Whitefish Point; no lives lost. Was bound from Lake Linden, MI for Toledo, OH, with copper cargo and schooner D.K. CLINT in tow.
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Given the building in the left background, this dock would be on the river rather than the lake side of Whiskey Island. I don't know if it was on the Old River or the main river. And I don't know if it is an ore or a coal dock.
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Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted The barge Constitution being unloaded by Brownhoist ship unloaders in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1900-1920 (Image Source: Library of Congress – Detroit Publishing Co. Collection). The name of the photographer is not included in the notes for the image. Brownhoist hoists were built by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. of Cleveland, which began designing and manufacturing ship unloading machines for bulk commodities in 1880 as the Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machinery Co. Information Source: [The description continues with the history of the barge.] |
In the early part of the 20th Century, the steel mills were closer to the lake. And there were coal docks along the river.
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| 1903 Cleveland Quad @ 62,500 |
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