Three unloaders take ore directly from vessels to cars, run on tracks spaced 72 ft. 6 in. apart, each track consisting of pair of rails 24 in. center to center; ore is loaded directly into railroad cars standing on any of four tracks inside of span; each machine has traveling scale larry of 40 tons capacity; there are eight motors on each unloader, with total of 1060 hp.


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    Title :

    To unload 3600 tons of ore an hour at Presque Isle


    Additional title:

    Iron Age


    Published in:

    Iron Age ; 126 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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