CONTENTS 
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VII: BURTONING 
Cargo Hoists—Comparison of Cargo Hoists with Quay Cranes— 
Alternative Burtoning System—Winches—Quay Cranes and 
Ship’s Gear used in combination—Quay Cranes and Ship's 
Gear worked in team. 
VIII. CONVEYORS AND ELEVATORS . 
Types of Conveyors—Gravity Conveycrs—The Elevator-Conveyor 
— The Runner Rail—Stacking or Piling Machines—The Shoot. 
[X. TRUCKING . 
Hand-Trucking—Mechanical Trucking—The Elevator Truck— 
Tractors and Trailers— Batteries and Charging. 
X. LIGHTERAGE : 
Importance of Lighterage—Types of Lighters and Barges—Wharf- 
age Charges on Lighters—New type of Thames barge. 
XI. CoAL HANDLING . 
Variety of Interests—Typical British Coal Wagons—Systems of 
Coal Handling—Barge Hoists—American Coaling Piers—The 
Curtis Bay Coaling Pier, Baltimore—Mechanical Trimmers 
— Virginian Railway Coal Pier—Coal Bunkering—The Coal 
Bunkering Machine—Coal Imports. 
XII. ORE HANDLING . . 
The Grab Unloader—Grabs with Cranes, or Transporters—The 
Lifting Magnet. 
XIII. GRAIN CARGOES 
Grain Imports—The Bucket Elevator—The Pneumatic Elevator— 
Pneumatic Elevator Design—The Dust Difficulty— Rotary 
E xhausters. 
XIV. REFRIGERATED PRODUCE 
Frozen Meat— Distant Delivery—P1e-cooling—Food Investigation 
Board Revort—Insulation. 
XV. FueL OIL 
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Pumps and Mains—Oil Depots. 
XVI. WHOLE TIMBER CARGOES. 
Conveyors—Cranes. 
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