Bauxite Depot Trinidad

Abstract

Photo of the B.W.I. Bauxite Transfer Station belonging to the Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., completed in 1950. Two ships are visible as well as some workers and vehicles. Description at back of card: "Greetings from Trinidad, B.W.I. Bauxite Transfer Station belonging to the Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., completed in 1950. Bauxite from Dutch Guinea is discharged from shallow draft vessels, stored here in steel silos and is subsequently loaded into deep draft vessels for the United States."