. Ports and terminal facilities . The grain warehouse or elevatorto act as a reservoir still remains a most necessary factor. Dur-ing the short period of open navigation on the Lakes and theBarge Canal or other waterways, which comes between theharvest and freezing time, the largest part of the grain must bemoved to the seaboard or some intermediate reservoir such asBuffalo. To retain the golden flood in order that it may flowregularly and freely during the remainder of the year is the great 15 226 PORTS AND TERMINALS grain elevator problem which has called into action so muchengineering talen
. Ports and terminal facilities . The grain warehouse or elevatorto act as a reservoir still remains a most necessary factor. Dur-ing the short period of open navigation on the Lakes and theBarge Canal or other waterways, which comes between theharvest and freezing time, the largest part of the grain must bemoved to the seaboard or some intermediate reservoir such asBuffalo. To retain the golden flood in order that it may flowregularly and freely during the remainder of the year is the great 15 226 PORTS AND TERMINALS grain elevator problem which has called into action so muchengineering talent. ^ ^^y / I kk II J lm^ tflull A ■■ liH m. - . (Photo by author) Fig. 93.—A basin at Hamburg with grain elevators discharging from a steamerto barges, on the left, under the crane, the Leviathan at the fitting out quaybeing finished. Ocean steamers may be loaded directly from the grain there must be no illusions. In the case of a liner carryingthe grain abroad she can not go to the elevator. The grain must. (Photo by author) Fig. 94.—In stream transfer. A grain ship at mooring-posts discharging intoan Elbe barge of 500-1000 tons capacity. Four pneumatic elevators will transfer112,000 bushels in 9 hours. be brought from the elevator to the ship in lighters and elevatedaboard by floating pneumatics. BULK FREIGHT 227 One of the first great Continental ports that tried to use thepneumatic elevator was Antwerp. However, organized laborprevented its use. Rotterdam then decided to use the efficientmodern methods, and set aside a fighting fund of 400,000 guilders($1,000,000) with which the stevedores were finally beaten. Thegrain center moved to Rotterdam where it has remained eversince, with Httle chance that Antwerp will regain it, althoughmodern equipment finally was installed there too. Grain Piers.—The pier is a more economical form of landingthan the wharf parallel to the waterfront in handling grain. Asthere is no transit storage requiring a pier shed i
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