PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES

PIERS, WHARVES, AND DOCKS

There are twenty-one piers, wharves, and landings at the port of Port Angeles. One lies at the east end of the harbor, eleven are located along the south shore in proximity to the business section of the city, four are at the west end of the harbor, and five are on the inner side of Ediz Hook. Two of the facilities are owned and operated by the Port of Port Angeles; the others, four on land owned by the Port of Port Angeles and one on property owned by the City, are privately operated. Depths of water alongside the piers and wharves range from 32 to 4 feet at mean lower low water. Most of the waterfront facilities have rail connections with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, either by tracks on the terminals or in rear; all facilities are accessible by paved streets or roadways.

Outstanding among the waterfront facilities at the port is P.W.D. Ref. No. 9 (Port Terminal) operated by the Port of Port Angeles for the receipt and shipment of general cargo and lumber in foreign and domestic trade. Various oil companies, including the General Petroleum Company, the Richfield Oil Company, the Shell Oil Company, the Tide Water Associated Oil Company, and the Union Oil Company, maintain pipelines on the terminal for receiving petroleum products. The pier is 510 feet in length on the lower side, 520 feet on the upper side, and 147 feet wide; depth of water on all sides is 32 feet. Near the lower side and at its inner end, the pier is partly occupied by a 145- by 62-foot timber frame transit shed with wood floors and a sprinkler system throughout. Cargo moving over the pier is handled directly between vessels and wharf aprons either by ship's tackle or by a 5-ton, electric, hammerhead crane. Three surface tracks, full length of the wharf on upper side apron, enable cargo to be exchanged

and petroleum.

directly with rail cars and vessels. Freight can be handled to trucks inside the transit shed by fork lifts. An open area of 60,000 square feet has been provided in the rear of the terminal for storing lumber, logs, and other commodities not requiring protection from the weather. P.W.D. Ref. No. 9 is also equipped with water and electrical outlets for service to vessels.

The Puget Sound Navigation Company operates the Peoples Wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 4) for handling general cargo, passengers, and automobiles of passengers transported on its steamers operating between Victoria, B.C., and Port Angeles and Seattle, Wash. Facilities provided by the company include a transit shed, a marine elevator, a depressed ramp for handling automobiles, and an elevated ramp for passengers.

Eight facilities at the port are used exclusively for handling logs and wood products. Rayonier, Inc., owns and operates a pier (P.W.D. Ref. No. 1) at the east end of the harbor for the receipt of logs and the shipment of woodpulp. On land owned by the Port of Port Angeles, the Peninsula Plywood Corporation operates two waterfront facilities (P.W.D. Ref. Nos. 7 and 8) in conjunction with its mill in rear. One facility is used for receiving logs and the other for the shipment of fir chips by barge.

An open pile, timber-decked T-head wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 13) is operated by Fibreboard Products, Inc., for the shipment of woodpulp. The wharf is partly occupied by a 200- by 30-foot transit shed. The Joe Cecil Lumber Sales Company, located near the west end of the harbor, operates a log dump, a log boom, and an inclined electric conveyor at the face of P.W.D. Ref. No. 14 for receiving logs into the mill on the pier. Waterfront facilities of the Crown Zellerbach Corporation are described under P.W.D. Ref. Nos. 15 and 16 and are used for the receipt of logs, sulphur, and fuel oil and the shipment of newsprint.

The Standard Shingle Company's wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 18), on Ediz Hook, is used for receiving logs used in making shingles. Handling equipment at the wharf includes a vertical log lift and a conveyor extending to the nearby plant.

Other piers, wharves, or landings at the port include: one each for handling fish and sand and gravel; one each for mooring fishing boats and recreational craft, boom boats, pilot boats, and Coast Guard boats; two for mooring towboats and construction equipment; and one is not being used:

A detailed description of each of the waterfront facilities is given under serially numbered references in the table of Piers, Wharves, and Docks on page 200. These same reference numbers are used to designate the location of facilities, on the accompanying port map.

Oil Handling and Oil Bunkering

There are four oil handling facilities at the port, including the Port of Port Angeles general cargo terminal and the Crown Zellerbach Corporation wharf mentioned in preceding paragraphs.

The Richfield Oil Company has facilities for receiving fuel oil and for bunkering vessels at the deep-water wharf of the Crown Zellerbach Corporation (P.W.D. Ref. No. 16), at the west end of the harbor. Approximately 2,500 barrels of fuel oil are kept in stock and can be delivered to vessels at a rate of 320 barrels per hour through an 8-inch pipeline.

The following companies operate pipelines on the Port Terminal pier (P.W.D. Ref. No. 9): The General Petroleum Company operates two 4-inch pipelines extending from the pier to 5 storage tanks having a total capacity of 5,200 barrels; the Richfield Oil Company has one 3- and one 2-inch line to 5 tanks, capacity 2,500 barrels; the Tide Water Associated Oil Company operates one 4-inch line to tanks, capacity 3,800 barrels; and the Union Oil Company has four 3-inch