Main entry:

Montreal. Board of Harbour Commissioners.

Title & Author:

Facts of interest in relation to the harbour of Montreal.

Publication:

[Montrèal, Quebec] : [Harbour Commissioners of Montreal], 1924.

Description:

40 pages : illustrations, map, portraits

Notes:
Cover title.
On cover: Seal of Harbour Commissioners of Montreal.
Our trade route -- the St. Lawrence -- a comparison -- Western section of the port of Windmill Point Basin -- Mechanical car unloader (car dumper) -- Floating grain elevators (transport used to transfer grain direct from lake vessels to ocean liners) -- Central section of port -- Cargo handling equipment (floating crane) -- Harbour railway terminals -- Harbour Commissioners' grain elevator No. 2 -- Harbour Commissioners' grain elevator No. 1 -- Harbour Commissioners' grain elevator No. 3 -- Police department -- Maisonneuve wharves and piers -- Birds'-eye view of Montreal harbour -- Warehouse and cold storage plant -- Warehouse operation (commodities include apples, butter, cheese, eggs, frozen and pickled fish, meat, poultry) -- Ammonia compressors in cold storage warehouse -- Trucking and receiving floor, cold storage warehouse -- Fresh and frozen meats -- Cheese in storage -- Fruits in storage -- Butter in storage -- Dried fruits -- Frozen fish -- Storage of eggs -- Coal unloading plants -- Floating dry dock -- Labor -- Freight hoists. Plates accompany each content heading.

Subject:

Harbors Québec (Province) Montréal.
Shipping Canada.
Ports Québec (Province) Montréal.
Harbors.
Shipping.
Canada.
Québec Montréal.
Ports Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1920-1930.

Holdings:

Location: Library main montreal 185502
Call No.: HE554.M6 F3 1924
Status: Available