1906-7, 107

1906-7, 107

The view is of the rail spur on the Penobscot Coal and Wharf Company pier at Mack Point in Searsport, Maine, looking out the tracks that permit the rolling containers, or coal pockets, to come alongside--in this case-- a docked six-masted coal ship. A crane offloads coal and dumps it in to the pockets, which then move back into the yard for shipping by rail to market. [See also LB2007.1.111122; 23; 36; 43; LB2007.1.110140; LB2007.1.111136]