Yard: (Satellite)
Roundhouse: (Satellite)
BR&P = Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad/Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Friends of Hulett Iron Ore Unloaders and Steamer William G. Mather posted five photos with the comment:
After the port of Conneaut Ohio, Buffalo was the second Great Lakes port to have early Hulett designs in operation. Here are five photos of the old Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad's ore dock located along the Buffalo Ship Canal just south of Michigan Street. The first photo (before any Huletts were installed) dates from 1901. As can be seen, this dock was right next to the well-known Great Northern grain elevator. The dock had 2 steam-hydraulic 10 ton capacity Huletts; the first unit was built in 1903 (not in 1901 as some previous historical accounts claim), and the second machine (the north one) was added in 1908. The three photos showing both units were taken in 1908, while the last photo, facing north from a high vantage point on the grain elevator, was taken in 1921. The pictures show the differences between the two Huletts. This dock operated until 1928-29, and closed by 1932 when the BRP railroad went out of business due to the Great Depression. The Huletts were most likely demolished in the early 1930s. Incidentally, the only Great Lakes ports that had early steam powered Huletts were Conneaut and Buffalo; no such units were ever built in Cleveland or Erie Pennsylvania as many other references indicate. There were 2 steam-hydraulic 15 ton capacity Huletts installed at the W&LE ore dock at Huron Ohio in 1914, but these units were built to a larger, more modern design.
Brian R. Wroblewski shared
Brian R. Wroblewski shared
Tom Langmyer: There were 77 Huletts on the Great Lakes, 14 of them in Cleveland.
Unfortunately, any that remained in Cleveland sat on Whiskey Island “in the way” while preservationists tried to save them.
About a year ago, it was determined by the Port of Cleveland that, after 25 years, they needed to open the space for business development for more cargo handling at the Port.
They saved some pieces, but the Huletts are gone…
Last time I was in Ashtabula, there was a bucket and the compartment that held the operator. It’s up on the hill by the museum at Ashtabula Harbor.
Sebastian Dunn: there’s still an arm in Cleveland at the bulk terminal. It’s supposed to be put over by the science center to memorialize them, I believe
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It is not clear how the BR&P got from their Creek Yard to the ore dock.
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| 1901/01 Buffalo Quad @ 62,500 |
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| May 7, 1963 @ 24,000; AR1VAOJ00030185 |
The BR&P roundhouse is in the upper-right corner of this excerpt. I got the oldest aerial I could find, 1958, but it shows the roundhouse had already been torn down to its 1963 configuration. I don't include that photo because it was of poor quality.
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| Digitally zoomed |
When I knew exactly where to look, I could see evidence of the curved outer wall of the roundhouse.
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