Pier cars

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Thank you, Harvie, for the interesting details.  It might complete the 
picture for some people to mention that the pier cars were lifted by an 
elevator from ground level, where they were loaded, to the upper level 
of the pier, where they could run along to dump their contents into 
ship's holds.  Once when I was on a brief assignment at Lamberts Point, 
I had an interesting ride up and down on the Pier 4 elevator.

Gordon Hamilton

On 4/30/2021 10:14 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Sort of. I was a teen but I had an uncle and a cousin who actually 
> operated the cars. The coal came in in regular hopper cars. They would 
> take a car and dump it into a pier car by flipping it over. The pier 
> cars were electric , they had two controls, accelerate and brake They 
> could move around on the pier to the place where the coal was to be 
> dumped into the ship's hold. When the car was in place, there was a 
> switch that opened the bay doors and the coal flowed out into the 
> ship. This had to be done carefully as too much weight could damage 
> the ship. Sorry it took me so long to send this. I don't read email as 
> often as I used to. Hope it helps. Harvie
>
>> On April 10, 2021 at 1:11 PM NW Mailing List 
>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> Thank you Harvie!  Were you there back in the 1950s?
>> Glenn Fisher
>>> On 04/10/2021 11:58 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Numbers 1-12 Harvie Jones, Norfolk
>>>
>>>> On March 31, 2021 at 8:02 AM NW Mailing List 
>>>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>>>> What were the numbers of the pier cars working Pier Four at 
>>>> Lamberts Point?
>>>> Glenn Fisher
>>>> Cornwall PA
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