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| South Pier, Port of Workington | ||
| South Pier | ||
| locality:- | Port of Workington | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | pier | |
| coordinates:- | NX98422955 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9829 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- South Pier item:- fog signal; navigation lights |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 393:- "... The port of Workington ..." "The entrance to the port is protected by South Pier, a concrete pier which extends about 1,00 feet (304m8) seaward, in a north-westerly direction, from a point on the southern side of the entrance to the river." "..." "...A light is exhibited, at an elevation of 35 feet (10m7), from a grey, steel, framework structure, 20 feet (6m1) in height, situated at the outer end of South pier. A fog signal is sounded from this position." "A light is exhibited from a perch situated at the root of South pier." |
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