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LOADING
Sulphur intended for vessel shipment is brought to Galveston by rail from the mines at Newgulf. It is transferred directly from cars or from storage bins to the vessel. The loading plant consists of two parallel storage bins spaced far enough apart to allow room for railroad tracks, tracks for the hoppers and cranes, and an endless conveyor belt. The belt along the center line between the bins is straddled by four cranes and their movable hoppers. The cranes pick up the sulphur from the bins or cars and discharge into the hoppers, which automatically feed the belt. It is weighed while on this moving belt. After weighing it is discharged onto a smaller belt which in turn discharges through a cylindrical telescopic spout directly into the vessel's hold.
L o a d i n g o p e r a t i o n s a t o n e o f t h e h u g e v a t s of Sulphur
at
mountains
our of
Newgulf, Sulphur
are
Texas
mine.
constantly
Such being
b u i l t at o u r m i n e s , f r o m w h i c h s h i p m e n t s a r e
S룣US
continually made.
T E X A S GuLÉ^SuLPHUR f Ο. 75 East 45th St. V L Î p ) New York 17, Ν. Υ. V ^ M i n e s : N e w g u l f a n d Moss Bluff, Texas
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