This view gives one at once a striking idea of the imposing dimensions of a lake freighter and tells an eye story of the unloading equipment. The unloader in the foreground, with its 17-ton bucket open, is ready to grab a load when the walking-beam dips down. The second is beginning to bring up its bucketful; the third one is in the act of taking its mouthful; the fourth has been down, has filled itself, and is ready to discharge. A battery of these busy giants has transferred as much as 11,083 tons of ore from the hold of a ship to the stack pile in three hours and forty minutes. Note the man in the leg of the first unloader; he dives in and out of the hold as bucket operator all day long. Note also the two on the bridge and those along the starboard rail.