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Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio

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Title
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio
Collection

"The Pageant of America" Collection

v.5 - The epic of industry

(unpublished photographs)

Ore handling machinery

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1860 - 1920 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: PoA (UnPub.), v. 5.25.002
Topics
Ore industry -- United States
Machinery -- United States
Docks
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: 2854 [typewritten on reverse of photo] This view shows a W-S-M lifting type car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania R.R. at Sandusky, Ohio. The cradle, containing car to be dumped, is elevated before being overturned. The coal is emptied into an adjustable apron and chute which are so designed as to load the coal into boats with a minimum of breakage. A variation of this type of machine is to be found at the coke plant of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., where cars are lifted about 62 feet before discharging into bins. The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., Cleveland, O. [typewritten on separate paper] (49) Since one-way traffic does not pay the boats that carry ore eastward return loaded with coal. The same kind of mass methods are used for loading coal as are employed for unloading ore. This picture shows one of the machines that pick up a loaded coal car bodily, toss it up in the air, turn it upside down, spill its contents into the boat and return the car to its track.
Physical Description
Extent: 18 x 28 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 124130
TMS Object Number: PoA (UnPub.), v. 5.25.002
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a7bd9480-c613-012f-5359-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1860: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860 - 1920. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b5f3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b5f3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860 - 1920). Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b5f3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Wellman-Seaver-Morgan car dumper on the docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio