At Perth Amboy, a large coal dock was constructed to allow the coal to transport into New York City.
Bramley-Moore was primarily a coal dock and so did not require extensive warehousing.
But nothing spooked him more than watching the first freighter of imported coal dock here, right in the heart of Canada's coal country.
By 1913, this had risen to 10,700,000 tons, making Cardiff the biggest coal exporting dock in the world.
Following the suspension of passenger services it was converted into a coal dock.
In 1877 Wigram's yard was bought by the Midland Railway and developed as a coal dock, which survived until the 1950s.
At the time of its completion in 1866, it was the largest coal dock in the world and employed 200 men, mostly Irish immigrants.
The lumber company controlled the town's harbor, railroad, coal dock, and store (which included a post office).
The charges for lighterun' was heavy, an' no room ot the coal dock.
Around 1910 the original coal dock (pictured in Charles Wood's book Northern Pacific) was replaced with an improved version.