Search Results
- IDNO:
- 001844
- Title:
- Coal Facility at Humphrey Dock
- IDNO:
- 001845
- Title:
- Pennsylvania Railroad Pier, South Amboy, New Jersey
- Description:
- Text on back of photograph reads, 'Pictured is the new Pennsylvania Railroad pier at South Amboy, NJ. This pier is conveniently located to serve the entire New York Harbor territory, with facilities to accomodate a large number of boats. Two McMyler car dumpers, equipped with Seal-tite dedusters, with a combined capacity of 40,000 tons per 24-hour day are used. Sufficient depth of water is maintained to accomodate vessels drawing not in excess of 20 feet of water. Thawing plant facilities with an 86-car capacity are also provided for extremely cold weather. Ample and conveniently located supporting track facilities are available to make possible rapid movement of loaded cars to the dumpers. Dimensions and gross weight of cars which can be handled over the No. 1 dumper are: Maximum length over couplers, 45 feet; maximum height, 11 feet, four inches; minimum height, six feet, six inches; maximum width, 10 feet, five inches; and maximum gross weight, 225,000 pounds. Size of No. 2 machine is : maximum length over couplers, 49 feet, maximum height, 12 feet; minimum height, six feet, six inches; maximum width, 10 feet, six inches; and maximum gross weight, 225,000 pounds. The mailing address of this new pier is: Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, South Amboy Coal Piers, South Amboy, N.J. Telephone numbers are South Amboy 1-1959 and Pennsylvania 6-6000, extension 3015 and 3016. F.E. Siepert, Extracted from Sawards's Journal, June 28, 1952 issue.'
- IDNO:
- 001846
- Title:
- Coal Loading Facility Along River; Steamboat Traveling in Background
- IDNO:
- 001847
- Title:
- S.S. Pocohontas in Italy
- Description:
- S.S. Pocohontas in the river outside of a town in Italy. Ship has PSCo on the smokestack. Eric H. Muller, 12 Keene Street, East Lynn. Mass.
- IDNO:
- 001848
- Title:
- Humphrey Preparation Plant and Dock, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
- Description:
- Humphrey Preparation Plant and Dock situated next to the river and railraod tracks.
- IDNO:
- 001849
- Title:
- Humphrey Preparation Plant and Dock, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
- IDNO:
- 001850
- Title:
- Humphrey Preparation Plant and Dock, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
- Description:
- Humphrey Dock with coal barges in the water.
- IDNO:
- 001851
- Title:
- Discharging and Storage Plant at Providence, Rhode Island
- Description:
- Seaconnet Coal Co., Sprague's New River Coal, discharging and storage plant at Providence, R.I. This plant covers between nine and ten acres and is directly connected by yard tracks with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and with all the trolley lines entering Providence, over which coal is carried to the suburban mills. At the pier is one of the White Oak Transportation Company's whaleback barges discharging New River Coal.
- IDNO:
- 001852
- Title:
- White Oak Coal Company Storage and Distributing Plant at Richmond, Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Horse drawn carts emerging from the White Oak Coal Company Storage and Distributing Plant at Richmond, Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 001853
- Title:
- Special Train, S. V. and E. Railroad
- Date:
- 1912/07/07
- Description:
- Passengers aboard a special train car.
- IDNO:
- 001854
- Title:
- White Fuel Company, Boston
- Description:
- 3 fold picture of the White Fuel Co., Boston.
- IDNO:
- 001855
- Title:
- Consolidation Coal Company Display
- Description:
- A display of the Consolidation Coal Company.
