Industrial archaeology in the USA
Documenting the Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock at Cleveland, Ohio
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4791891 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Poh Miller (Cleveland Heights University Heights Public Library, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 148-160 |
| Publication date | 1983-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1983.9979894 |
| OpenAlex | W2063779001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
When built in 1911–12, the Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock at Cleveland, Ohio, was the largest ore‐unloading dock on the Great Lakes. The dock featured four Hulett unloaders with bucket capacities of 17 tons; a 15‐ton‐capacity ore stocking bridge; and a one‐million‐ton ore storage yard. The Hulett unloader, invented and developed by Clevelander George H. Hulett during the 1890s, revolutionized the handling of iron ore by reducing labor costs and unloading times. By 1913, Hulett unloaders were in use at almost every port on Lake Erie. Their widespread adoption led to larger boats especially designed to accommodate the Huletts. This article explores the evolution of ore‐unloading technology and describes the construction and present‐day operation of the Pennsylvania Dock. The exceptional quality of the dock and its machinery led to its recording by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1979, and this article is adapted from the historical monograph prepared by the author as part of that project
Archaeology · Bridge (graph theory · DOCK · Iron ore · Mining engineering · Port (circuit theory · Yard · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |