Giant coal dumper / motion picture

"Erie Railroad Series: The following subjects present novel and interesting views along the line of the Erie, such as do not always come within the observation of the general tourist. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Erie officials, whose kind co-operation in affording us every facility within their power has enabled us to procure these unusual and effective pictures"--Edison films catalog.
"Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded into a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded"--Edison films catalog.
43407 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43407.
Camera, William Heise?
Duration: 0:39 at 18 fps.
Filmed at the Erie Railroad docks in Cleveland, Ohio, probably in June, 1897.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0003) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 310-311; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 118; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 23 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI]; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 407.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPC 4525 to FZA 0265.