Scrap 'em

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Arguments over what to do with antique Hulett ore unloaders have consumed far too much energy and attention for too long

In their heyday, mammoth Hulett ore un loaders made Great Lakes ports more pro ductive and gave muscular testimony to America's imagination and industrial power.

Designed in 1898 by Clevelander George H. Hulett, the 100-foot-tall, 880-ton machines used cantilevered arms and enormous buckets to scoop iron ore, coal and limestone from the lake freighters that supplied steel mills across the region. Hulett's goliaths cut the time it took to unload a big ship from nearly a week to half a day. In time, 77 Huletts served the Great Lakes, 14 in Cleveland alone

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