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B. F. AFFLECK, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. for repairs; and is built completely of steel throughout. A. G. Carlson, chief engineer and S. J. Robinson, assistant chief engineer of the Uni- versal Portland Cement Co. super- vised the building of the bridge by the Mead Morrison Mfg. Co. On the new dock, facilities are pro- vided for receiving and storing large quantities of limestone which will all be brought there by water in the bulk freighters. At the shore end of the storage pile on the dock and running parallel to the dock a con- crete tunnel extends out into the storage pile for 1200 feet. In this tunnel is located conveyor No. 1, the first unit of a series of bulk conveyors for transportating the limestone from the dock to the cement plant. In the roof of the tunnel a series of hoppers and gates are provided lo- cated 10 feet between centers. The limestone is fed to the belt conveying system by means of a traveling belt feeder which traverses the entire length of the tunnel be- ing mounted directly over conveyor 1 and supported by No. rails car- ALL CONCRETE LIGHTHOUSE AT _ EN- TRANCE TO BUFFINGTON HARBOR, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST BEACONS ON LAKE MICHIGAN MRS. B. F. AFFLECK, SPONSOR OF THE BULK FREIGHTER SHOWN BELOW ried on the same_ structure which supports the conveyor. On this trav- eling feeder is located suitable mech- anism for opening the gates in the roof of the tunnel. It is not pos- sible to open these gates except from the feeder car and only then when the hopper on the car is in the proper relation to the gate. This eliminates the possibility of flooding the tunnel with stone due to the opening of any gate except the right one. Conveyor No. 1 is 1260 feet long WHAT THE B. F. AFFLECK, LAUNCHED AT THE TOLEDO SHIPBUILDING CO., WHEN COMPLETED—CAPACITY ENGINEERING WORKS AND NOW IN COMMISSION—OWNED BY THE PITTSBURGH STEAMSHIP CO. MARINE REVIEW—August, 1927 TOLEDO, O., ON 12,000 TONS—SISTER VESSEL TO THE A. F. HARVEY, BUILT BY THE GREAT LAKES JUNE 25, WILL LOOK LIKE 31