Ports & Harbors Along Ohio's North Coast

Profile of the Port of Toledo, Ohio



Aerial view of the Port of Toledo.

This site provides access to a number of resources pertaining to the harbor at Toledo, Ohio.

See images from the Cleveland Press Collection taken of the harbor through the years or view a map of the port from the U. S. Army Engineer District, Detroit as published in the Great Lakes Harbor Study - Interim Report on Toledo Harbor, Ohio in 1959.

Below is a table that offers information about each of the docks at the port. This information is compiled from the 10th edition of Greenwood's Guide to Great Lakes Shipping. The year, 1969, is chosen to illustrate the height of use for much of the large materials handling equipment used on the Cleveland docks. See current information about the port.

A tabular profile of the Port of Toledo, Ohio
Harbor Name Owner or Operator Cargo Equipment Railroad CXNS
Anderson The Andersons Loading: Grain
Unloading: Fertilizer
Rock Salt
Loading: Elevator
Unloading: Self-unloaders only		 Norfolk & Western Ry.
Penn Central
Ceres, Inc. / Berths #5 & #6 Ceres, Inc. Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 110-ton Traveling Gantry Crane		 Chesapeake & Ohio
East Side Dock #1 Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
1 1-1/2-ton Locomotive Crane		 Penn Central
East Side Elevator Cargill, Inc. Loading:
Grain		 Loading:
Elevator		 Penn Central
Huron Cement National Gypsum Company, Huron Portland Cement Division Unloading:
Cement		 Unloading:
Unloading Pipes		 Penn Central
Lakefront-East Pier Toledo Lakefront Dock Co. Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Car Dumper		 Baltimore & Ohio
Penn Central
Lakefront-Middle Pier (East Side) Toledo Lakefront Dock Co. Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper		 Baltimore & Ohio
Penn Central
Lakefront-Middle Pier (West Side) Toledo Lakefront Dock Co. Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Heyl & Patterson Car Dumper		 Baltimore & Ohio
Penn Central
Lakefront-West Pier Toledo Lakefront Dock Co. Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
2 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
2 Wellman Hulett-Type 20-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders		 Baltimore & Ohio
Penn Central
Mid-States Mid-States Terminals, Inc. Loading:
Grain		 Loading:
Elevator		 Baltimore & Ohio
Nicholson Nicholson Concrete Company Unloading:
Sand
Slag		 Unloading:
2 2-ton Crawler Cranes
1 10-1/2-ton Locomotive Crane		 Penn Central
Old Sand Products Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company Unloading:
Sand		 Unloading:
Crawler Cranes		 Baltimore & Ohio
Presque Isle-East Pier Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company Loading:
Coal
 Loading:
1 Krupp-Ardelt Conveyor and Tower with Telescopic Chute
 Chesapeake & Ohio
Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading
3 Wellman Hulett-Type 17-ton Automatic Ore Unloaders
Presque Isle-Middle Pier (East Side) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper		 Chesapeake & Ohio
Presque Isle-Middle Pier (West Side) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Loading:
Coal		 Loading & Unloading:
1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper		 Chesapeake & Ohio
Presque Isle-West Pier Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Loading:
Coal		 Loading:
1 Brown Hoist Car Dumper		 Chesapeake & Ohio
Toledo Furnace Interlake Steel Company Loading:
Pig Iron		 Loading:
Only by ship's equipment		 Norfolk & Western
Unloading:
Iron Ore		 Unloading:
3 5-ton Hoover & Masons
Toledo Harbor Warehouse Toledo Harbor Warehousing Corporation Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
Handled by ship's equipment		 Penn Central
Toledo Marine Terminal / Morton Salt Toledo Marine Terminals, Inc. Loading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 5-ton Mobile Crane
1 25-ton Mobile Crane
1 40-ton Stiff Leg Derrick Crane
Salt by Self-unloader only		 Penn Central
Unloading:
General Cargo
Salt (Morton Salt)
Toledo Overseas / Diamond Crystal Salt Co. / Berths #1 , #2 & #3 Toledo Overseas Terminal Loading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 40-ton Crane
2 45-ton Gantry Cranes
2 60-ton Lima Mobile Cranes
Salt by Self-unloader only		 Chesapeake & Ohio
Unloading:
General Cargo
Salt (Diamond Crystal Salt)
Toledo Port Authority / Berths #4 & #7 Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Loading & Unloading:
General Cargo		 Loading & Unloading:
1 50-ton Gantry Crane
1 110-ton Traveling Gantry Crane		 Chesapeake & Ohio
West Side Dock #2 Kuhlman Builders Supply & Brick Company Unloading:
Sand		 1 1-ton Crawler Crane
2 2-ton Crawler Cranes		 Penn Central