LAKE CALUMET TERMINAL


Opened in July 2000, Lake Calumet Terminal is S. H. Bell Company's newest warehouse facility. The facility is an approved London Metal Exchange (LME) Warehouse and is an operator of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) #22. The terminal operates as a storage, transfer and warehousing facility for packaged products.

The site is located along the right bank of the Calumet River, near milepost 327.9 in Chicago, Illinois. The site consists of enclosed security storage buildings of approximately 56,000 square feet in area. Specific material storage areas are assigned according to customer needs, environmental considerations, and space requirements.

Material Handling
Lake Calumet's covered storage buildings can handle Primary Metals products such as:

  • Aluminum
  • Copper
  • Nickel
  • Lead
  • Tin
  • Zinc

Receiving and Shipping 
Receiving and shipping of materials at the site is accomplished through three modes of transportation:

  • River Barge/Vessel (Ocean/Lake):The terminal uses a loading and unloading river dock having a depth of 27 feet.
  • Truck: The terminal uses 40 van/container docks with flat-bed handling capability.
  • Railroad: The terminal uses a ten car dock for handling boxcars with Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad and Chicago Rail Link connections.

The daily operations of the terminal are managed by:
Terminal Manager, James M. Langbehn
Supervisor, Frank Champion

S.H. Bell Company Lake Calumet Facility 
12800 South Butler Drive, Shed No. 1 Sec. C 
Chicago, Illinois 60633

• Phone: 1-773-646-4661
• FAX: 1-773-646-2844
• Operations e-Mail: orders.lake@shbellco.com

For sales information contact:
Adam Bell, Pittsburgh-Based Sales Manager
Jill Tillman, Manager Sales Administration

For rate information contact the Pittsburgh Administrative office:
• Phone: 1-412-963-9910
• Fax: 1-412-963-1206