Whiskey island / cleveland, ohio hulett unloaders , conrail railroad

[@OhioGirl-bu2kv]

My Father used to work for LTV STEEL from the 1950's to the 1990's. He operated the 2nd generation hulett. He would unload ore from the boats. He was also a pipefitter and he worked around the blast furnaces. It was a dangerous place to work. He told my Mom and me of the men that were found deceased. My Mother and me were able to tour the inside. My brother took my Dad to see one of these huletts before he passed away. He was so excited about going. He even bought a kit of a hulett to put together. He started it but didn't finish it because he passed away. My Mother and Father have both passed on. Thanks for the video. Now I know what my Dad saw when he went to see them.

[@tilerman]

A brilliant explanation of these fascinating machines. Thank you.

[@jeffreyoldham55]

One of my greatest memories was getting to ride along with my dad when he was a fireman with the NYC RR, as he switched cars on & off of Whiskey Island, and getting to see these behemoths in action. They looked like great, hulking dinosaurs to me as a kid.

[@willys4882]

I found this video during research after watching the movie "Major League" that shows them operating in it's intro. Very cool history!

[@neilpuckett359]

Back when America actually manufactured goods. It will be a miracle if those loaders are ever rebuilt and put on display.

[@2fas4me2]

It's nice to know that these incredible machines were saved, week, two of them were. I discovered them while watching old videos of the Ford Rouge plant. Thank you very much for the great video!

[@PizzaRollz1]

They should really rebuild the ones they dismantled, and turn them into a museum, I'm sure there's plenty of interest for a museum about the industry of the Great Lakes.

[@jimbos3421]

Real nice model @ the Conneaut Oh. RR museum & an electric “pusher” locomotive @ the North East Pa. RR musem. A Huelett control cab is @ the Ashtabula Oh. marine museum.

[@bretyoung1869]

Very interesting. Thanks 👍🏽

[@pippastone6018]

Awesome 😎, fantastic, brilliant

[@bobocaterpillar3697]

my grandfather was on operator for one of these for a long time. he passed away 20 years ago, from leukemia possibly from iron ore dust i work on big cat loaders that operate at that dock. those 2 hulett loader are still their. being devoured by trees. they need to be set up and painted! sad to see them rot away, they BUILT this country!

[@georgemartin1436]

Wonder is he was in one of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Otl6GhZ7hmaZI

[@jimbos3421]

Jesus man, your droning voice wanted to make me go elsewhere! The only reason I watched was that I used to work under ground @ International Salt, directly south of the loaders. Brings me back to the 80’s. PC used alot of RS-3’s around the ore dock & F-7’s on road freights across Bridge #1.

[@David-yf5fo]

Those RS-3s or perhaps their donated organs are probably over in India now pulling coach cars and making lots of smoke.

[@outlawflyer7868]

I just seen those a few months ago. Wonder who to contact to try and get them put back together since they are a historical piece

[@DanKirchner5150]

i worked for conrail and switched cars on whiskey island after the huletts were shut down ,what a mess ,ore balls everywhere ,really a hazard

[@steves.7872]

I remember growing up in Ohio Northern Ohio That was also some in Huron Ohio right on the Huron River and Lake Erie.

[@patlarson3416]

Cool

[@kusc717]

Why give them all the historic designations and then end up like that?

[@popps2502]

Good history injoy watching.

[@prancstaman]

I remember watching them work when I was a kid fishing at the pier with my dad.

[@qora01m]

If it's a historic landmark it's a historic landmark and cannot be removed or disassembled. That at least would have been my idea of preservation. But that's European eyes through which I see this.

[@qora01m]

@Steven Van Niman your country your landmarks. Europe doesn't want anything here. It's enough that we do it differently with our own landmarks.

[@DASHERU23BGE]

Neat video

[@bobocaterpillar3697]

update 5-9-24 they have been cut up for scrap.

[@tonyw2136]

I google earthed these, they are sitting in a grove of trees, I bet in ten years they are scrapped, sad

[@stuartaaron3032]

It is a shame that even with the historic status of the Unloader units, they were dismantled. Back in the 1970s & 80s, I provided the fire/safety services to the entire operation. At that time, the shunt engines were part of the Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Dock Company (C & P Dock). I still have some of their old 1912 circa fire extinguishers that they scrapped out to buy newer pressurized ABC dry chemical fire extinguishers. I know that money talks, but that is why these outstanding relics of a bye gone age will not be re-constructed. Great VIdeo. [e-mail]

[@joshua7999]

Damn shame they are just left to rot. Suffers the same fate as the roller coasters at geauga lake. Some developer will come in and just scrap them, not knowing what else to do with them.

[@alankovacik1928]

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[@triple6758]

Sorry, but better with volume off.

[@terryatpi]

Wtf!