The South Avenue "O" Terminal, opened in 1973, is S. H. Bell Company's second largest warehouse facility and is a U. S. Customs Bonded warehouse. The terminal operates as a storage, transfer, and warehousing facility capable of material processing, crushing, screening, and packaging of materials.

This terminal is located along the east bank of the Calumet River near milepost 331.1 in Chicago, Illinois. The entire site covers approximately 36 acres of land having seven covered storage buildings for inside storage requirements of bulk and packaged products. It also has extensive outside asphalt and concrete storage pads for outside storage requirements.

Material Handling 
This terminal can handle products such as:

• Ferro alloys (manganese, ferrosilicon, chromes)
• Pig Iron, Silicon Carbide, Slicon Metal, Fluorspar, Magnesite
• Primary Metals (zinc, aluminum, lead, tin, copper and nickel)
• Specialty alloys (ferromolybdenum, Ferro columbium, Ferro boron)

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

• River Barge/Vessel: The terminal uses two loading and unloading river docks equipped with three cranes and three slips for fleeting barges
• Truck: The terminal uses two van/container docks with flatbed handling capability and two portable ramps.
• Railroad: The terminal uses a seven-car dock for handling hopper-cars, boxcars, gondolas and flatcars with Norfolk Southern & IHB connections.

The daily operations of the terminal are managed by:
Terminal Manager, James M. Langbehn
Office Manager, Misty Evans

S.H. Bell Company Avenue "O" Facility
10218 South Avenue "O"
Chicago, Illinois 60617, USA

• Phone: 1-773-375-1010
• Fax: 1-773-978-2687
• Operations e-Mail: orders.chgo@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