Thanks for posting this great image and providing info on how this operation worked. I really like the use of gravity and a spring switch to get the job done.
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This is actually the old B&O coal loader to load coal into ships, not a Hulett for iron ore unloading. The Hulett unloaders were a bit farther upriver.
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Boy, I would have to see that operate!
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| Posted by Paul P on May 19, 2015 | |
Nice shot and boy does everything look clean and neat there! We are not looking at a Hulett here but a car dumper that unloaded, usually coal, into the boats. The Hulett was a giant machine which traveled on its own tracks to allow the whole length of the boat to be unloaded. See here for more about the Hulett's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulett
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| Posted by Kibu on March 29, 2016 | |
From the orientation of having two barneys, it seems likely that operation used both at the same time. While one was pushing a car up, the other would be coming down to grab a car. When the first one's car had been unloaded and pushed out of the kickback area, the second one would be starting up the slope, with the process simply repeated.
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