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MARINE REVIEW 1925 January, STEAMER ANDASTE, FIRST rumerous, wide hatches and, second, the tremendous iron ore, coal and grain load- ing and unloading plants with their re- markable ability to load or unload a 13,000-ton freighter in a few hours, But a growing proportion of this raw, Nol8 Nol7 Nol6 Nols VESSEL EQUIPPED, DUMPING CARGO 75 FEET FROM THE SHIP bulky material calls either for loading or unloading at docks not specially equipped and where the volume of freight does not justify such expense. The stone carrying trade on the lakes is the most important example and for that lp ———=y Oa A trade a fleet of self-unloading type ves- sels has been designed and built. Many of these have been in satisfactory serv- ice for years. In general, the cargo is dropped by gravity on to conveyors which carry it from the hold to the PROFILE AND CROSS SECTION OF STEAMER FONTANA WITH SELF-UNLOADING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED