THE JOURNAL of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Vol. XII January, 1909 No. 2

Page 79

ORE-HANDLING MACHINERY AT THE N. Y. P. & O. DOCK AT CLEVELAND, OHIO

By Harry E. Scott, S.B., '99.
(With Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, Cleveland, Ohio)


I. River and Harbor

II. Dock Construction

III. Track Arrangement

IV. System for Handling Cars

V. Power House

VI. The Electrical Unloaders

VII. Operation of Unloading a Boat



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