Superior Fuel: (Satellite)
I remember this dock area from when I studied the steel plant that was a little west of here. The propane transloading is new enough that it doesn't show up yet on the satellite image. I wanted to record that some coal gets shipped from the east to here. Is it anthracite? Generally, Powder River Basin coal gets shipped from this region to the Midwest. The boat in the photo is an old one because it has the pilot house on the bow.
(Update: just the day after I published this, I learned that there is also a C Reiss Coal Dock in Green Bay, WI.)
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| David Schauer posted I wanted to get a shot of the new Superior Fuel propane transload and storage facility at the former Hallett 7 (Carnegie) dock in West Duluth. The Hon. James L. Oberstar is in the distance at C. Reiss unloading eastern coal loaded at Toledo and used locally as blending fuel in biomass plants and for periodic test burns in some of the pellet plants. 9/23/2021 |
These docks are served by BNSF/Northern Pacific.
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| 1954 West Duluth Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
Other materials help keeps the dock in business.
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| David Schauer posted Algoma Transport arriving at the C. Reiss dock in West Duluth with a load of salt. The Transport is on the retirement watch list. 11/3/2021 Mike Zins: Isn't any boat loading salt on the watch list? David Schauer: Mike Zins Yep, except the ones with special coating for salt hauling (e.g., the new Mark Barker). Isaac Pennock: Transport scheduled to be retired at the end of the 2023 season as announced by Algoma. |
The dock company is on the right in this photo.
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| Street View, taken from the Bong Bridge |
The dock is on the left and the bridge is on the right.
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| Street View |
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| Rich Hoeg, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr.com/photos/northstarnerd/ via Historic Bridges "This railroad bridge is noted for its very large swing span." [430'] [Again, the dock is in the background.] |
The dock company also handles bulk materials other than coal.
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| Street View [We can clearly see the piles built by the self-unloaders on the ships.] |
This historical photo of the Zenith Furnace Co. shows that the C Reiss Coal Dock was probably built on landfill.
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| 1905?. "Zenith Furnace Company, Duluth, Minnesota." University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, Accessed January 3, 2021. https://reflections.mndigital.org/catalog/nemhc:4576 via DeBruler, cropped |
The 1954 topo above shows that the landfill was built by then.
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| Sammy Maida posted This photo isn't mine, file photo from Basgen in 59 of Zenith Furnace/Interlake Iron at Duluth, present day Reiss Coal docks. |
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| David Schauer posted Arthur M. Anderson arriving Duluth with limestone for C. Reiss. 10/4/2021 |
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| David Schauer posted Today the weather-delayed Clarke and Anderson both arrived Duluth with limestone. I elected to stick with the Clarke as it was going upriver to C. Reiss whereas the Anderson was going to CN-Hallett Dock 5 and I could get her later. This might be the last winter for large commercial ships to C. Reiss' West Duluth facility depending on how quick they get their Superior terminal up and running. The funky snow patterns on fresh ice also made for some really neat images (almost makes me dizzy looking at that pattern). The open water and track in the ice near the stern was from a small USCG buoy tender swapping out summer to winter aids to navigation. 11/22/2022 Eric Allen: Sorry to hear of the Duluth slip closing. Maybe someone else can purchase it? David Schauer: Eric Allen The land might be usable for other storage options. The Superior site next to MERC has a deeper draft channel. |
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| David Schauer posted A sucker hole of sunlight illuminated the bow of the Clarke as it made the turn into C. Reiss in western Duluth last week. If you look close you can see sister Anderson headed to CN-Hallett Dock 5 in the distance. 11/22/2022 [This Nov 22 ice looks thicker than the Dec 4 ice in the following photo.] |
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| David Schauer posted Heritage Marine tug Helen H softens ice as the Anderson departs C. Reiss in West Duluth on Sunday just after sunrise. 12/4/2022 David Szymanski: Is C. Reiss the only customer that uses shipping traffic on that of the bridge? David Schauer: Yes. Duane Haigh: Do They still use that railroad line ? David Schauer: Duane Haigh Yes, main route between Duluth and Superior operated by BNSF and also used by CP and UP. |
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