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| Buccleuch Dock, Barrow Docks | ||
| Buccleuch Dock | ||
| site name:- | Barrow Docks | |
| locality:- | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dock | |
| coordinates:- | SD20166856 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2068 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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 click to enlargeBPS81.jpg Aerial view. "THE FURNESS RAILWAY COMPANY'S DOCKS. / PORT OF BARROW." courtesy the Dock Museum |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 21 12) placename:- Buccleuch Dock |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Buccleuch Dock item:- measured distance; cranes |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 381:- "The depths in the docks and basin given below are those when there are depths of 30 feet (9m1) over the sill at the entrance to Ramsden basin." "..." "Buccleuch dock is entered from Ramsden dock (Lat. 54~ 06' N., Long. 3~ 13' W.), through a passage which is 100 feet (30m5) wide with depths of 28 1/4 feet (7m2) over the sill; this passage is crossed by a swing bridge. The dock has an area of 31 acres, with depths at the berths from 17 1/2 to 30 feet (5m3 to 9m1), there being depths of 30 feet (9m1) alongside Messrs. Vickers, Limited, fitting-out quay, which occupies the north-western end of the south-western side of the dock." goto sourcePage 382:- "..." "A channel which is dredged to a depth of 28 1/4 feet (8m6) runs through Ramsden and Buccleuch docks and to Messrs. Vickers, Limited wharf at the south-eastern end of the south-western side of Devonshire dock; it also connects to the berth alongside the fitting-out quay in Buccleuch dock." "..." "Measured distance. - A measured distance of 2,026 feet (617m5), marked by beacons, has been established in the Devonshire and Buccleuch docks." "..." "Port facilities. - All the wharves and quays in the docks, ... are well equipped with cranes and other appliances; these include one 150-ton electric crane on the fitting-out quay, Buccleuch dock, ..." |
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