. Ports and terminal facilities . Freight Tracks jflffis? I i __I 4PISLtfPirP-. (Ford, Bacon and Davis)Fig. 65.—Plan and cross-section of Galveston wharf and cotton warehouse. CARGO TRANSFER AND HANDLING 165 cranes. The first and last consideration is speed in unloadingthe ship. After the ship has left the berth the cars may be broughtalongside the water side as well as the land side of the transitshed and loaded from the shed door (Figs. 63, 64 and 65). Cranes Handle Barge Cargo.—After the steamer has dis-charged its cargo and has gone, barges and lighters come along-side the wharf to take on
. Ports and terminal facilities . Freight Tracks jflffis? I i __I 4PISLtfPirP-. (Ford, Bacon and Davis)Fig. 65.—Plan and cross-section of Galveston wharf and cotton warehouse. CARGO TRANSFER AND HANDLING 165 cranes. The first and last consideration is speed in unloadingthe ship. After the ship has left the berth the cars may be broughtalongside the water side as well as the land side of the transitshed and loaded from the shed door (Figs. 63, 64 and 65). Cranes Handle Barge Cargo.—After the steamer has dis-charged its cargo and has gone, barges and lighters come along-side the wharf to take on their freight. These vessels wereforced away from their accustomed berth opposite to the shipon the other side of the pier when we put tracks back of the shedand doubled the width of the pier. In the forwarding of freightby lighter and by barge the cranes are now able to perform a Half Gantry Crane - 2 Ton Capcy Shop CraneCapstansBattery TrucksScalesCargo Masts - 2 - dOOOIb. - 30,000/b. - 3 Ton
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