Stone Deliveries

A tug, owned by Durocher Marine, a division of Kokosing
Construction, enters the Huron River

Inevitably, most Huron residents have seen a steady stream of trucks rolling through town carrying large boulders.  There have been many questions and speculations about what is actually happening with these stones.

Earlier this year, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District put out a call seeking interested firms capable of breakwater repair work in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland East breakwater is located in Lake Erie near the entrance to Cleveland Harbor.  Apparently, the breakwater was already in disrepair when Superstorm Sandy arrived in October 2012 and caused additional damage.  The project was awarded to the Durocher Marine Division of Kokosing Construction, Inc., which is based in Cheboygan, Michigan. 

Kokosing is currently quarrying the required stone in Woodville, Ohio, transporting it to Huron via truck, and unloading it at Huron’s ore dock.  The stone is then loaded on barges and pushed to Cleveland with a tug boat.  The trucks make several deliveries of boulders to Huron each day.   In fact, there are, on average, 16 trucks and each makes three runs per day picking up and delivering their cargo.  Hence, Huron is simply a conduit through which the stone passes.  There is no financial benefit to the City for this project.  Interestingly, it is more cost-effective for Kokosing to deliver the stone to Huron and then transport it to Cleveland by water than it is to drive the stone to Cleveland.  The project, which in its entirety will take four to five months, will likely continue through October.