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FREE PORT OF EMDEN 173 
depth of 10.5 meters (34 feet 5 inches), its length amounts to 2,040 
Meters (2,244 yards), and the greatest width to 460 meters (506 
yards). The only quay accommodations existing in this section of the 
Yarbor amount to 280 meters (308 yards) and are situated to the right 
of the Seeschleuse (locks). This quay has 13 loading bridges of a 
capacity from 6.5 to 15 tons per grab (4 of 6.5 tons each, 4 of 12.5 
tons each, and 5 of 15 tons each). The loading bridges have an aver- 
age output of 130 tons per bridge per hour. These loading bridges are 
mainly intended for the transshipment of coal, iron, steel, and ore, 
of which scrap iron, steel, and ore are usually shipped in barges through 
the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the Westphalian district, whereas the 
coal usually arrives in barges and is transferred to steamers as cargo 
or as bunker coal, though, of course, British coal also arrives here and 
is either used for local consumption or as bunker coal. In this harbor 
large space is still available for subsequent enlargement of the harbor 
territory, as well as for industrial undertakings. There are also 10 
floating cranes here of a lifting capacity of 3 tons each and two floating 
2rain elevators of a capacity of 2,000 tons each per hour. 
The Emden Aussenhafen constructed in the years from 1899 to 
(901, has a water area of 18 hectares (422 acres), a depth of 11.5 
meters (37 feet 8 inches), a length of 1,280 meters (1,409 yards), 
and a width of 130 meters (143 yards). In this basin 14 large 
steamers can be accommodated. It has a quay 930 meters in length 
(422 yards), which is equipped with nine traveling cranes of 3 tons 
lifting capacity each and one traveling grain elevator. It is also 
equipped at the outer end with three traveling bridges of 5 tons 
lifting capacity each and a capacity of 75 to 90 tons per hour, a 
slewing crane of 40 tons lifting capacity, and a coal dipper of 32 tons 
with a capacity of 90 tons per hour. It has adequate connection 
with the railroad. The two sheds erected here have an area of 
12,000 square meters (129,600 square feet). All the above-mentioned 
equipment and accommodations are on the left side of the harbor, 
whereas the right side is undeveloped. Much space is still available 
here for the construction of sheds and warehouse accommodations 
in case the future development of the Emden Harbor should require 
More space. 
Two locks connect the Aussenhafen, which is alongside the open 
iver, with the other basins. "The oldest of these locks is 110 meters 
(360 feet 8 inches) in length, 14.5 meters (47 feet 5 inches) wide and 
6.7 meters (21 feet 9 inches) deep, whereas the Neue Seeschleuse has 
8 length of 260 meters (853 feet), a width of 40 meters (131 feet 2 
Inches) and a depth of 13 meters (42 feet 6 inches). All locks are 
Worked by electricity. All vessels, when their dimensions permit, 
have to use the older lock.