 Later on, railroad tracks for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad were put in place in the same location, specifically for loading ships with coal ore.It was reported that in 1900, a steamer owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, "Columbia", was stolen by two tugboats from the basin on a June night.Constructed began in the 1950s and was completed by 1974, from slag of Bethlehem and Republic Steel.