In a message dated 2/29/2008 10:14:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes: To return to the original subject of the thread -- did the Huletts load ships or unload them or both? If unload, what was the cargo? If both, what was the cargo and did ships take backloads? ............. Randy Huletts unloaded the boats (as they were called on the Great Lakes), and the cargo at the Erie Dock was iron ore. Other commodities could be handled by Huletts such as coke, coal and limestone. The boats at that time were usually of such small size that the entire boat unloaded at one dock but sometimes a boat would stop at one dock and unload half of the cargo, then when lighter and a more shallow draft, would proceed up river to another dock and complete the unloading at another dock. It is common presently for a boat to arrive at a dock such as Pinney Dock at Ashtabula, unload a shipment of stone or ore, then move over to the former Conrail Dock about a mile away and load coal for Detroit rather than to return to Minnesota empty, SMT **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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