. Ports and terminal facilities . Fig. 79.—A banana unloader at New Orleans. most recent installation is at the Pauline Street wharf and consists offour machines costing approximately S37,500. The section of thewharf on which they operate is of pile and timber construction withsteel shed, about 360 feet by 260 feet. As the area is covered rain doesnot interrupt the discharging of cargo. The wharf is served by eighttransverse spur tracks accommodating five cars each, and as one shipmay carry 40,000 to 45,000 bunches or about 120 carloads, the entiretrack capacity may be filled and moved three t
. Ports and terminal facilities . Fig. 79.—A banana unloader at New Orleans. most recent installation is at the Pauline Street wharf and consists offour machines costing approximately S37,500. The section of thewharf on which they operate is of pile and timber construction withsteel shed, about 360 feet by 260 feet. As the area is covered rain doesnot interrupt the discharging of cargo. The wharf is served by eighttransverse spur tracks accommodating five cars each, and as one shipmay carry 40,000 to 45,000 bunches or about 120 carloads, the entiretrack capacity may be filled and moved three times in less than a daystime. The cost to the Dock Board of this wharf with its shed and tracks 198 PORTS AND TERMINALS. (Brown Portable Conveyor Co.) Fig. 79a.—Portable tiering conveyor for uniform packages.
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