Profile of the
Seaway Port
at Conneaut, Ohio

at the
Great Lakes
Industrial History Center


Cleveland Press Collection

 
On a late afternoon, over two hundred years ago, a party of 50 men including surveyors landed at what is known today as Conneaut's Seaway Port. At that time the area was part of the Western Reserve of Conneticut, and the landing party were representatives of the Conneticut Land Company, whose duty was to map the area. Today, Conneaut is one of the most frequented ports on Lake Erie.
This site provides access to a number of resources pertaining to Conneaut's Seaway Port.
The table offers information about each of the four docks at the port. The information in this table is for the year 1969, prior to the removal of much of the large cargo handling machinery.
The images are from two collections. The photographs from the Cleveland Press Collection are views of the Seaport Harbor through the years. The Naef & Joslin photographs are a collection of sepia-toned professional photographs shot in 1900 by this Conneaut firm.
The map of the port is also from the Cleveland Press Collection.
Links to additional and related information may be found at the end of this page.

 

           
  Dock #1 (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    United States Steel Corporation
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Limestone
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-Unloaders Only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Bessemer & Lake Erie
 

 
  Dock #2 (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Loading and Unloading
    Various Steel Products
 
  Equipment - Loading and Unloading
    Handling by ship's equipment
 
  Railroad Connections
    Bessemer & Lake Erie
 

 
  Dock #3 / "P. & C." (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Loading
    Coal
 
  Equipment - Loading
    Conveyor Fed Ship Loader With Telescopic Chute
 
  Railroad Connections
    Bessemer & Lake Erie
 

 
  Dock #4 / "P. & C." (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    5 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
 
  Railroad Connections
    Bessemer & Lake Erie
 

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Last updated December 10, 1998