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1975 Press Photo Terminal bucket unloads sugar on Mississippi River Gulf Outlet

This is an original press photo. Terminal bucket unloads sugar from Dutch ship. A couple of weeks ago, the public bulk terminal loaded or unloaded 10 ships and 24 barges during a fairly routine week's operation. The huge facility on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, across Almonaster Avenue from the city dump, is a network of 10 storage tanks, three ship berths, multiple conveyor belts and switching towers, nine ship - unloading buckets with up to 15-ton bites and a spouted ship loader.Photo measures 7.75 x 10inches. Photo is dated 04-06-1975.

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