MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.
Tabular Statement, showing the Water Area, Quay Space, Width of Entrance, and Depth of Sill for each of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks, with particulars of the Graving Docks, Open Basins, Landing Stages, and Gridirons.
January, 1872.
The Old Dock Sill is the Datum to which all Levels refer, and is preserved on a Tide Gauge at the West side of the Centre Pier of the Entrances to the Canning Half-Tide Dock.
The Old Dock contained an Area of 3 acres 1890 yards, and 557 lineal yards of
Quay Space.
Its Passage contained an Area of 3 acres 675 yards, and 90 lineal yards of Quay Space.
LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
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| Position | Sill |Coping at | |
Liverpool Docks. | and Width of | below | Hollow | Water | Lineal
| Entrance | Datum. | Quoins | Area. | Quayage.
| or Passage. | |above Dtm.| |
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| Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. |Ac. Yds. |Miles Yds.
North Carrier's Dock | West 40 0 | 6 0 | 27 0 | 2 3423 | 0 641
South Carrier's Dock | West 40 0 | 6 0 | 27 0 | 1 4515 | 0 615
Canada Half-Tide Dock | West 60 0 | 7 9 | 28 0 | 11 1010 | 0 1002
Do. do. | South 80 0 | 7 9 | 28 0 | .. | ..
Do. (Lock 110 feet long) | N. West 32 0 | 6 0 | 28 0 | .. | ..
Do. do. | S. West 20 0 | 6 0 | 28 0 | .. | ..
Canada Lock (498 ft. long) | 100 0 | 7 9 | 28 0 | 1 3479 | 0 487
Canada Dock | S. East 50 0 | 6 6 | 29 0 | 17 4043 | 0 1272
Do. | S. West 80 0 | 6 6 | 29 0 | .. | ..
Huskisson Dock | .. .. | .. | .. | 14 3451 | 0 1039
Huskisson Branch Dock. | .. .. | .. | .. | 7 592 | 0 910
Huskisson Lock (338 ft. long) | East 80 0 | 6 6 | 38 0 | 0 4682 | 0 342
Do. | West 45 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 0 3650 | 0 330
Sandon Dock | West 70 0 | 6 6 | 30 11 | 10 100 | 0 867
Wellington Half-Tide Dock. | East 70 0 | 6 9 | 30 9 | 3 813 | 0 400
Do. do. | West 50 0 | 6 6 | 28 0 | .. | ..
Wellington Dock | West 70 0 | 6 6 | 31 0 | 7 4120 | 0 820
Bramley-Moore Dock | North 60 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 9 3106 | 0 935
Do. | South 60 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Nelson Dock | South 60 0 | 6 6 | 26 0 | 7 4786 | 0 803
Stanley Dock | West 51 0 | 5 8 | 29 0 | 7 120 | 0 753
Do. | Canal 18 0 | 2 6 | 29 0 | .. | ..
Canal Basin, let to } | West 18 0 | O.D.S. | 26 0 | 0 920 | 0 110
Bridgewater Trust } | | | | |
Collingwood Dock | West 60 0 | 6 9 | 26 0 | 5 244 | 0 553
Do. | Canal 18 0 | 2 6 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Salisbury Dock | West | | | |
Do. | {North 60 0 | 6 11 | 26 0 | 3 2146 | 0 406
Do. | {South 50 0 | 6 11 | 26 6 | .. | ..
Do. | {Lock 18 0 | 2 6 | 26 0 | .. | ..
