Profile of the Port
of Lorain, Ohio

at the
Great Lakes
Industrial History
Center


Cleveland Press Collection

This site provides access to a number of resources pertaining to the harbor at Lorain, Ohio.
The table offers information about each of the 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 the Cleveland Press Collection. These are views of the harbor through the years.
The maps of the port are from the U. S. Army Engineer District, Buffalo as published in the Great Lakes Harbor Study - Interim Report on Lorain Harbor, Ohio in 1960.
Links to additional and related information may be found at the end of this page.

 


           
  1964 Plan for the Port of Lorain
   
  "B. & O." (Black River) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    3 10-ton Brown Hoists
 
  Railroad Connections
    Baltimore & Ohio
 

 

  "B. & O." (Washington Ave.) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company
 
  Cargo - Loading
    Coal
 
  Equipment - Loading
    1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper
 
  Railroad Connections
    Baltimore & Ohio
 

 

  Lorain Works (Black River) (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    United States Steel Corporation
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Iron Ore
 
    Limestone
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    3 Wellman Hulett-Type 20-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
 
  Railroad Connections
    Lake Terminal
 
  Erie Sand (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Erie Sand & Gravel Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Sand
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Norfolk & Western
 

 

  Lorain Elyria Sand (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Lorain Elyria Sand Company
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Gravel
 
    Sand
 
    Stone
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    3 1-1/2 ton Crawler Cranes
 
    1 3yd. Crawler Cranes
 
  Railroad Connections
    [no direct rail connection]
 

 

  Lorain Slag / United States Steel (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    United States Steel Corporation, Lorain Works, Raw Materials
 
  Cargo - Loading
    Slag
 
    Coke Breeze
 
  Equipment - Loading
    1 Belt Conveyor & Gravity Chute
 
  Railroad Connections
    Lake Terminal
 

 

  National Gypsum (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Gypsum
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Norfolk & Western
 

 

  "T. L. & F." Scrap Wharf (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Toledo, Lorain & Fairport Company
 
  Cargo - Loading & Unloading
    Scrap Iron
 
  Equipment - Loading & Unloading
    2 Crawler Cranes
 
  Railroad Connections
    Baltimore & Ohio
 

 

  Terminal Import-Export (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Terminal Import-Export Company
 
  Cargo - Loading & Unloading
    General Cargo
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Calcium Chloride
 
  Equipment - Loading & Unloading
    1 50-ton Mobile Gantry Crane
 
    20-ton Mobile Cranes
 
    Self-unloaders only for Calcium Chloride
 
  Railroad Connections
    Baltimore & Ohio
 
    Norfolk & Western
 

 

  Terminal Ready-Mix (1969)
  Owner/Operator
    Terminal Ready-Mix, Inc.
 
  Cargo - Unloading
    Sand
 
  Equipment - Unloading
    Self-unloaders only
 
  Railroad Connections
    Norfolk & Western
 


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Created December 21, 1998
Last updated November 12, 2009