Youtube clip of Hulett unloaders at work

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Thanks for posting this very cool vid, Stein! The Huletts could be viewed easily looking out from the west end of the old Municipal Stadium upper deck. CP Docks is located on Whiskey Island (Prohibition-era name that stuck); until Conrail, EL (Erie) operated a set of Huletts across the old river channel from Whiskey Island, so for decades there were several of these machines in fairly close proximity on the Cleveland lakefront. I don't recall ever hearing of an operator being injured, but those machines look plenty hazardous for everyone involved. Would anyone care to ride into and out of the hold standing on the open clam shell at night in a sleet storm? Thanks again. Ric