Algoma, WI: Lighthouse Refurbishment and Breakwater Replacement

Lighthouse: (Satellite)

Roen Salvage Yard: (Satellite)

Roen Salvage removed the lighthouse from the breakwater to take to their yard so that it can be refurbished while the breakwater is replaced.

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[It appears that they are holding the left barge up against the breakwater with a bow thruster.]

It was foggy the day they removed the lighthouse.

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This is a before view. I wonder what the catwalk was for. The town is having a fundraiser to help restore the catwalk. [DoorCountyDailyNews]

Street View, Aug 2023

Kewaunee County Star-News posted
Marine contractor Roen Salvage Company of Sturgeon Bay used its largest crane to lift Algoma's Pierhead Lighthouse onto its largest barge Tuesday afternoon in preparation for a facelift while the north pier is being reconstructed. A Bon Voyage party will be held Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. at the Algoma Boat Club, with live music, food, refreshments and thousands of dollars of silent auction items to help raise funds for a citizen-led Save the Catwalk project. Rana Ninneman photo

"City officials say they hope to have the lighthouse back by September." [WeAreGreenbay]

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Here is an example of a Google search AI result that contains something I want to know, but the references don't provide that information. Did the AI get the 230-ton fact from its training?

Roen Salvage has a few cranes and things.

Street View, Aug 2023

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They evidently bought the barge and crane for this job. I'm sure they assume it will be useful for future jobs.

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Niagara, NY: Maid of Mist Dry Dock and Crane

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This dry dock stores the two Maid of the Mist boats during the Winter months. The boats cruise from a dock across the Niagara River on the Canadian side.

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"The site of the new drydock was the location of the former Schoellkopf Power Station in the Niagara River Gorge."

Maid of the Mist posted three photos with the comment:

Behind the scenes at Maid of the Mist.

Our dry dock crane recently completed its required load test using 197 tons of certified water weights. The crane’s primary role is lifting our vessels in and out of the water at the beginning and end of each season, making it a critical part of our operations and maintenance program.

A big thank you to @Hohl Industrial Services and @Liebherr Cranes for their expertise and support in completing this important test. Together, we help ensure our operations remain safe, reliable, and ready for another incredible season on the Niagara River. ⚓️💪

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They had to get rid of the incompetent rock above the new dock.

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They used cranes to build the crane.

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Since there is no road down to the dock, it appears they built a big ringer crane on the top side to lower the cranes and other equipment down to the dock. The mobile crane in this photo is still building the ringer because the boom has yet to be attached. There is an elevator down to the dock, but it would be too small for many of the pieces needed at the dock.

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Gundy C: Braidwood, IL: Peabody/Northern Coal Mine

(Satellite, the tipple and railyard occupied the land that is now the four holes south of the clubhouse.)

Thomas R Kennedy posted
Thought you might be interest in a different strip mine machine built by a German company and assembled for the Peabody Coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois.

Rick Degler: We tore it down in 1972 move it to pit 6 from Northern mine.

Pete Craddock: They moved it down to River King mine in 1972 and 73 south of the Randolph prep plant. We called it the Krup wheel. It worked in the same arra as the 3850.

Patrick Dickey: Hitler's revenge is what my father called it!!!!

Guy Kasper: Pete Craddock I was on the construction crew ,, Blue prints were in German and we found parts by pictures up on the hill.. they didn't buy metric bolts to put back together we had to ream holes out to SAE bolts ..

Dave Dvorak: Was assembled and dug at Peabody Coals Great Northern Mine, Braidwood, Il.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Dave's comment
It appears that it was mine #359.

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An industrial spur connected the tipple to Santa Fe on the west side and GM&O on the east side.

1954 Wilmington Quad @ 24,000

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

New Haven, CT: Enstructure Northeast receives SENNEGOEN 895

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I came across this video in my Facebook feed:

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This raised the question of what kind of equipment has crawler tracks that big? The answer is a dock-side material handler. Since this is the second one that is being delivered to this dock, I found a video of the construction of the first handler.

3:57 video via sennebogen @ 3:31, cropped
Sennebogen 895 E Hybrid - Assembly and Operation

The 895 E is the largest Material Handler in the world - The specific machine is the largest 895 E built to date, weighing in at just under 1 million lbs. 

Visit us at: www.TylerEquipment.com for more details.

Machine Info:

Groundbreaking dimensions - extreme power: The SENNEBOGEN 895 E Hybrid impresses with an operating weight of around 420 t and a reach of up to 40 m. It is the giant of the port handling machines with an impressive amount of handling power when it comes to moving scrap and coal. The double Green Hybrid system makes the largest material handler in the world more efficient during operation.

An earlier view showed that the barge crane is the WEEKS 533.  I've seen WEEKS cranes help build the Cuomo Bridge and salvage the Francis Scott Key wreckage.

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They built the upper body assembly that we see in the above view on the barge before they lifted it and attached it to the gantry base on the dock. The largest component of that assembly was the boom.

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The pan attachment is used to load material into a ship.

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Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted five photo with the comment: "Gateway Terminals two Sennebogen 895s hard at work loading out a bulk carrier with scrap. Checkout the Payhauler 350s passing underneath the machines."

Steven Stang: I find it awesome the Payhauler is still going and not been replaced

Jim Mack: Those trucks and the older models of the same brand work very well there…. Need the short truck to be able to turn around at the end of the pier.. Getting difficult to find those and also difficult getting parts.

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Lorain, OH: Thew Shovel Co, first fully revolving steam shovel invented in 195

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Undated aerial photo of Thew Shovel

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July 1949 newspaper ad
"Captain Thew designed and built the first full-revolving power shovel in 1895." The company was incorporated in 1989. "Today Thew's position as the world's largest producer of commercial size power shovels and cranes is proof of the continued leadership of its products."

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Captain Thew invented a shovel that did not need railroad tracks so that an iron ore dock could be cleaned up more quickly. The company's line of shovels was redesigned in 1924, and the Lorain trademark was introduced. [ConstructionEquipment]

Fred Schwiers commented on a post:

The company credited with developing the first practical steam-powered shovel with a full 360° rotating cab (i.e., a full-swing steam shovel) in the United States was the Thew Automatic Shovel Company of Lorain, Ohio. Captain Richard P. Thew invented and built a fully revolving steam shovel prototype around 1895, and this design became the first successful full-revolving steam excavator built in America.

Here’s a quick breakdown:

Earlier steam shovels (like those invented by William Otis in 1839) could dig but did not rotate a full 360°; they were “partial-swing” machines mounted on rail chassis.

The full-swing (360°) steam shovel concept was developed in England in 1884, but the first practical and commercially successful fully revolving steam shovel in the U.S. was produced by Thew Automatic Shovel Co. in the mid-1890s.

So the best answer is: Thew Automatic Shovel Company (founded by Richard P. Thew).

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1927 Thew Shovel Co. Ad: Lorain 75 Shovel, Crane, Dragline - Lorain, OhiO

The Lorain Model 80 was built 1939-55. This one was built in 1940. The engine has been removed, thus we can see the center drive.

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Thew-Lorain 80 Documentary

I don't remember seeing a Thew Shovel, but I have.

Matt Weyand commented on Mark's post via Dennis DeBruler
It appears to be a Thew shovel with horizontal crowd. The structure on the underside of the boom gives it away.

While I was getting an aerial photo, I included the steel mill and the B&O railyard.

Apr 1, 1952 @ 28,400; AR1UM0000010175

Zooming into this plant.

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La Loma, Colombia: Bucyrus 1570 Repairs

Joe Dielfield posted six photos with a later comment: "The boom was lowered onto a set of Hillman rollers and rolled out about 200 feet on the tracks to allow the mast to be laid down on the pad. This is to make it easier to change the suspension links on the mast head, while the boom foot lugs are being replaced."

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Joe Dielfield posted four photos with the comment: "Progress."

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