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... track along its face , spani by four movable steel gantry cranes of the type familiar on Great Lakes . The clamshell buckets dump into hoppers hav chutes immediately above the tracks , and coal is unloaded fr vessel directly into cars ...
... track along its face , spani by four movable steel gantry cranes of the type familiar on Great Lakes . The clamshell buckets dump into hoppers hav chutes immediately above the tracks , and coal is unloaded fr vessel directly into cars ...
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... track on which are two movable frame towers , each of which contains a steam hoisting engine . There is a horizontal arm above the engine house , which carries a 12 - ton clamshell bucket . A turntable is provided for swinging the tower ...
... track on which are two movable frame towers , each of which contains a steam hoisting engine . There is a horizontal arm above the engine house , which carries a 12 - ton clamshell bucket . A turntable is provided for swinging the tower ...
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... track along the top of a high trestle . Coal or other bulk material is picked up from vessels and deposited in a hopper in the tower . This hopper in some cases feeds a small tramcar used for distributing coal to any part of the storage ...
... track along the top of a high trestle . Coal or other bulk material is picked up from vessels and deposited in a hopper in the tower . This hopper in some cases feeds a small tramcar used for distributing coal to any part of the storage ...
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... tracks west of Union Wharf on Com- mercial Street ; thence via the Portland Terminal Co.'s freight yards , the Union Station , and the line around the northerly side of the city to Portland Junction . From this point the Grand Trunk tracks ...
... tracks west of Union Wharf on Com- mercial Street ; thence via the Portland Terminal Co.'s freight yards , the Union Station , and the line around the northerly side of the city to Portland Junction . From this point the Grand Trunk tracks ...
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... tracks on the wharves , there are a few tracks leading to warehouses on the land side of Commercial Street , and the Grand Trunk has a second track on a portion of Commercial Street near the produce houses . Cars are placed on this track ...
... tracks on the wharves , there are a few tracks leading to warehouses on the land side of Commercial Street , and the Grand Trunk has a second track on a portion of Commercial Street near the produce houses . Cars are placed on this track ...
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110-volt lighting circuit 19 feet 30 feet anchor anchorage area of property Atlantic ports Back Cove Baltimore berth boat Boston & Maine Brunswick buckets bulk cargo carloads Casco Bay cents per 100 charge china clay City fire service city of Portland coal Coastwise Commercial Street dangerous explosive discharging Draft from 15 east Electric equipment Export rates facilities fair condition fire department frame towers grain Grand Trunk Railway Grand Trunk wharves Halifax handling haul Less than carloads lighters loading Long Wharf lumber Maine Central Railroad marine railway miles Montreal movable Nova Scotia Ohio owner passenger Philadelphia pier Pocahontas Pocahontas Fuel points Portland Bridge Portland Ship Portland Terminal Co pounds quarantine Quebec rail Randall & McAllister rates to Portland Robert Reford shed shipments South Portland square feet steam hoisting engines steamers Stevedores Storage capacity sulphur tons per hour total area tugs unloaded vessels water front West Western yards York
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Page 11 - ... collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section...
Page 11 - Labor shall by regulation prescribe ; and after the arrival of any such vessel it shall be the duty of such owner, agent, consignee, or master to report to such immigration officer, in writing, as soon as discovered, all cases in which any such alien has illegally landed from, the vessel, giving a description of such alien, together with any information likely to lead to his apprehension ; and before the departure of any such vessel...
Page 32 - New Year's Day (January 1). Washington's Birthday (February 22) . Memorial Day (May 30). Independence Day (July 4). Labor Day (First Monday In September).
Page 11 - ... is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such questions upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine and costs, such sum to be named by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Page 11 - No vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such...
Page 15 - ... wharfinger or his agent, to the master or those having such vessel in charge for the time being...
Page 11 - That upon arrival of any vessel in the United States from any foreign port or place it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, consignee, or master thereof to deliver to the principal immigration officer in charge of the port of arrival lists containing the names of all aliens employed on such vessel, stating the positions they respectively hold in the ship's company, when and where they were respectively shipped or engaged, and specifying those to be paid off and discharge/! m the port of arrival;...
Page 5 - И miles. The outer harbor of Portland, which is used as a harbor of refuge, is situated behind the islands of Casco Bay. The main ship channel to Portland Harbor is the deep-water entrance between Gushing Island on the east and the main shore at Portland Head on the west. There are several other entrances between the islands, used by local vessels or those towing from Portland to different points in Casco Bay and its estuaries.
Page 9 - Board acts upon all requests for reinstatement of delinquent licenses; and they must approve all barber schools to be accredited by the department. The members of the Board are appointed by the governor for a term of three years; the terms of said members to be rotated in such manner that one examiner shall retire each year.
Page 6 - Ice seldom obstructs navigation and when it does it is only for a limited period. The channel to the wharves is kept open bv steamers and tugs.