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| Outer Harbour, Whitehaven Harbour | ||
| Outer Harbour | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven Harbour | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dock | |
| coordinates:- | NX96861856 (ETC) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9618 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) placename:- Outer Harbour |
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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. "OUTER HARBOUR / Mooring Buoy / ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D49618X.jpg harbour protected by quays item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Outer Harbour item:- dredger |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 390:- "..." "Outer harbour, with 2,000 feet (609m6) of quayage, is contained between West and North piers outside Old quay. It dries out to North Pier spit, a short distance northward of the entrance; within, it dries from 2 to 10 feet (0m6 to 3m0)." "..." "There are depths of 20 feet (6m1) alongside the quays in Outer harbour at high water springs, and of 23 fee (7m0) in the dredged channel through it to Queens dock, though silting is liable to occur in the dredged channel after westerly or north-westerly gales. ..." goto sourcePage 391:- "..." "A red ball by day, or two red light, horizontally disposed, at night, are shown from the dredger when at work in Outer harbour, as a signal for vessels to keep clear and proceed with caution." |
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