. Ports and terminal facilities . Fig. 107.—Clinton, Iowa. A neglected opportunity. INLAND WATERWAYS AND THE SEAPORT 253. 254 PORTS AND TERMINALS around the piling. This is the same sort of a pontoon, only on asmaller scale, as the Princes Landing Stage at Liverpool, or thelanding at Antwerp. Freight is discharged from the boat tothe pontoon which remains at the same level as the ports atall tides. From the pontoon it is raised to the shed floor by-elevators or by the familiar warehouse whip hoists or fall ropeand drum. Such terminals would go far toward solving theterminal question for smalle
. Ports and terminal facilities . Fig. 107.—Clinton, Iowa. A neglected opportunity. INLAND WATERWAYS AND THE SEAPORT 253. 254 PORTS AND TERMINALS around the piling. This is the same sort of a pontoon, only on asmaller scale, as the Princes Landing Stage at Liverpool, or thelanding at Antwerp. Freight is discharged from the boat tothe pontoon which remains at the same level as the ports atall tides. From the pontoon it is raised to the shed floor by-elevators or by the familiar warehouse whip hoists or fall ropeand drum. Such terminals would go far toward solving theterminal question for smaller communities on a river with widechanges of water level. The sections are comparatively simpleand inexpensive to build. As the commerce of the port increases,the terminal may be enlarged, a section at a time. An idea of the present neglect of opportunities on our greatestwaterway may be obtained from a few illustrations. In conclusion it may be repeated that the great ports of Europehave been those which have both rail and water connection withthe interior. The port with the widest choice of communicationwith the i
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