The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . -kill, is the great seat of grain shipment, and Port Eichmond onthe Delaware, of the anthracite coal trade. At this latterpoint the plant of the Philadelphia and Heading Railway Com-pany is an important factor, and when elaborated to its pro-posed full extent, with elevatois, warehouses, etc., many ofwhich are already in existence, will constitute one of the mostextensive industrial establishments in the world. Point Breezeon the Schuylkill and (iieenwich Point on the Delaware havecostly appliances for loading vessels with petroleum and
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . -kill, is the great seat of grain shipment, and Port Eichmond onthe Delaware, of the anthracite coal trade. At this latterpoint the plant of the Philadelphia and Heading Railway Com-pany is an important factor, and when elaborated to its pro-posed full extent, with elevatois, warehouses, etc., many ofwhich are already in existence, will constitute one of the mostextensive industrial establishments in the world. Point Breezeon the Schuylkill and (iieenwich Point on the Delaware havecostly appliances for loading vessels with petroleum and coal. There is ship])ed from Philadelphia annually by water up-wards of 4,000,000 tons of coal about 759^ of which finds itsway into the markets of New^ England and the Soutliern States,while the balance goes principally to the West Indies. While the oil shipments from this Port show a slight fallingotf in recent years, due to the discoveiy of the product in otherlocalities, there is expoited annually from 2r)0,000,000 gallonsto 400,000,000 callous. 30. 03 E-c oQ 31 Since the erection of the modem ore dischargino- nuichinery,Phihidelphias imports of this product have increased verymaterially, reaching at times 2,000,000 tons per year. PHILADELPHIA AND READING ORE HANDLING PLANT It is of particular inteiest, to note the electiical equipmentinstalled at Port Richmond, Philadelphia, by the Philadeljihiaand Reading Railway Company, for operating the hoists usedin unloading the ore from the vessels as they lie at the dock. Ore is brought here from countries all over the world, prin-cipally from Newfoundland, Norway, Sweden and Cuba, anddistributed from this point to the various steel plants through-out the country. The ore brought in is of an unusually highgrade, ranging in many cases from 85 to 90 per cent. A fire proof, steel, brick and concrete power house has beenerected at the shore end of the pier in which is installed boilers,pumps, steam turbines, generators, etc., for supp
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