Show j ti I BUILDING A BETTER WORLD WORLD Creating A Gateway I Mr rl I I II I Mss I I THE SUPERIOR WISCONSIN MIDWEST ENERGY The TERMINAL-The nations nation's largest Western coal transshipment trans shipment terminal is an award winner that will help keep coal moving in America Over the next 26 years million tons of low- low sulphur coal from Montana are to be shipped across the country The best way is by rail to the Great Lakes and by ship across them The problem is getting the coal off the railroad cars and into the ships ships and and into storage when the lakes are frozen So an answer was built The Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- the nations nation's largest western coal transshipment terminal nat That terminal which opens a gateway for Cor the scale large long-distance long movement of oC the nations nation's vast resources of oC western coal to East Coast markets has been given the Outstanding Outstanding Out Out- standing Civil Engineering Achievement Award for Cor 1977 by the mem ber American Society of oC Civil Engineers The society has presented the award for the past 17 years to the project that demonstrates the greatest contribution to o engineering progress and mankind The Theaward Theaward Theaward award is based in part on the engineering project which contributes to the well being of people and communities resourcefulness resourceful resourceful- ness in planning and in solution of oC design problems pioneering in use of oC materials materials materials mate mate- rials and methods innovations innovations in construction unusual unusual un un- un usual aspects and esthetic values The Superior Terminal constructed in only 16 months despite the long zero sub-zero lakefront winter season includes the worlds world's largest and fastest underground underground underground under- under ground reclaim feed system for Cor coal and a rated at tons per hour the hour the highest capacity in the world for Cor coal In addition the terminal was designed with the environment environment environ environ- ment in mind and its operation operation operation opera opera- tion is virtually dust |