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| Devonshire Dock, Barrow Docks | ||
| Devonshire Dock | ||
| site name:- | Barrow Docks | |
| locality:- | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dock | |
| coordinates:- | SD19606881 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1968 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD16 | |
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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 11) placename:- Devonshire 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:- Devonshire Dock item:- dry dock; cranes; floating dock |
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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." "..." "Devonshire dock is entered from Buccleuch dock, through a passage which is 80 feet (24m4) wide with depths of 28 1/4 feet (7m2) over the sill; this passage is crossed by Michaelson bridge, a bridge which opens, known locally as High Level bridge. The dock has an area of 32 1/2 acres, with depths at the berths of from 18 to 30 feet (5m8 to 9m1)." "There is an entrance to the docks from Walney channel at the north-western end of Devonshire dock, through a basin having an entrance which is 60 feet (18m5) and has depths of 25 1/2 feet (7m8) over the sill" goto sourcePage 382:- "at high water springs; this entrance is, however, seldom used." "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." "..." "Repairs. - There is a dry dock situated north-eastward of the entrance basin to Devonshire dock; there is a floating dock, with a lifting capacity of 5,200 tons, moored on the southern side of Devonshire dock; and there is a patent slip, adapted for vessels of about 500 tons, situated about 1 3/4 cables northward of the entrance basin to Devonshire dock. For details of the largest, see Appendix II, page 454." "..." "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, and a similar crane in Devonshire dock." |
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