. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . 14 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE their maximum capacity, has recentl}acquired from the City of Philadelphiathe south side of ]\Iunicipal Pier 78,South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia,for the handling of foreign traffic. Arrangements for the leasing of thispier were made effective August 1, 1919,and the signing of this lease will meanmuch to our Railroad in the developmentof its foreign trade via the port of Phila-delphia. Municipal Pier 78 is one of many piersconstructed by Philadelphia and is mod-ern in every particular. It is built ofreinfor
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . 14 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE their maximum capacity, has recentl}acquired from the City of Philadelphiathe south side of ]\Iunicipal Pier 78,South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia,for the handling of foreign traffic. Arrangements for the leasing of thispier were made effective August 1, 1919,and the signing of this lease will meanmuch to our Railroad in the developmentof its foreign trade via the port of Phila-delphia. Municipal Pier 78 is one of many piersconstructed by Philadelphia and is mod-ern in every particular. It is built ofreinforced concrete and structural steeland is not only the largest pier in Phila-delphia but is said to be the largest on theAtlantic Coast. It is nine hundred feetlong, two hundred and fifty feet wide,consists of two floors or decks, welllighted, with modern electric freighthandling apparatus, including elevators,conveyors and chutes. The approximatetotal cost was $1,730,000. Three-fourths of the length of theinterior of the pier is depressed
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