Note that the ore dock also had an ore bridge.
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| Cleveland Press Collection Huron Harbor, Ohio - 1959. |
In fact, the Huletts were evidently a rather late addition to the ore dock.
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| Cleveland Press Collection Aug 11, 1950 Biting 17 tons of iron ore at one clip, this new electrically-operated Hulett unloader was placed in service today at the Nickel Plate dock in Huron, O. |
Jim Prrfan posted two photos with the comment: "PR Photos Location? Date??
Jim PRRFan collection"
John Travers: This was the first try-out for the then-new 17-ton capacity electric Huletts located at the old W&LE (later N&W) ore dock at Huron Ohio. The vessel name is not known but the date was August 11th, 1950. These 2 Huletts operated from August 1950 to late 1985 and were demolished in April-May 1989.
Mike Delaney: Regular stop for Hanna Boats.
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| 1959 Huron Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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| Bill Kloss posted From the Chuck Drumm folder, an undated photo of Cliffs Victory under the Huletts in Huron, OH. |
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| Cleveland Press Collection Feb 18, 1965 Huron River - Huron, O. Port. |
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| Marine Historical Society of Detroit posted Unloading ore from the Ernest T. Weir at Huron, Ohio 1962. Willis McCaleb photo/MHSD collection. Brett Miller: What steel plant or facility was here ? And how long did ship unload here till It closed James Evans: Brett Miller plus the grain elevator on the left is no longer there. Bill Kloss shared |
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| Marine Historical Society of Detroit commented on Brett's comment Huron, OH was the main ore receiving port for the original Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, which was leased by the Nickel Plate Railroad in 1949. They hauled iron ore to mills in variety of cities including Wheeling, Steubenville, Canton, the Pittsburgh area and Youngstown. Here is an excerpt of a 1951 iron ore commodity flow map from the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association. The figures are in 1000 tons, so Huron received over 2.1 million tons of ore in 1951. The Hulett unloaders were dismantled in 1989 but Huron continued to receive ore by self unloaders until 2011. |
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| Dan Meyers posted I grew up in the town of Huron Ohio in the 1960's &'70's and always was fascinated with the docks, lake boats and most of all the Huletts. I've watched them hour after hour and it saddens me that we no longer have any intact examples of these amazing machines for people to see. Much like this photo not one thing still exists. There are one pair left disassembled and left rusting not far from where they labored on Whiskey Island at the Port of Cleveland. [Some comments discuss a Hulett arm preserved in Ashtabula Harbor, but no one gave a location.] B Tupper Upham: Ernest T Weir??? Sad, nothing is left in this picture. Only Huron Lime gets an occasional load of stone. Jeff White: B Tupper Upham that plant is shut down. And being slowly torn down. NS sold the dock and all property up to the Chicago line in 2017 to the city of Huron for a dollar. |
They did an "energetic felling" of the grain elevator. The bangs start at 5:26.
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| Cleveland Press Collection Jan 24, 1927 Ore & coal docks, Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. at Huron, |
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| Cleveland Press Collection Jul 16, 1987 [I can believe this date was when it was digitized, but not when it was put into commission. The coal dumper appears in the above 1959 photo.] New $1,000,000 coal dumper of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad put into commission at Huron, Ohio. |
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| Cleveland Press Collection Mar 30, 1961 Huron River - Huron. Showing ore docks & Eastern States Farmers Exchange. |
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| USACE, p4 City of Huron – Former ConAgra Plant: 19.8 acre parcel formerly occupied by ConAgra foods which ceased operations on site in 2005. Purchased by Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 2006, with title given to the City of Huron. Buildings to be demolished and site presently has public boating and fishing access with launch ramps, parking and docks. Future use to include restaurants, retail, condominiums and green-space. |
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