Title

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth: the Graving Dock, 1857. '..., the plans...were prepared by Mr. I. K. Brunel, and carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Power, resident engineer, at a cost little short of a quarter of a million sterling...The works include a floating dock...There is also a graving dock, 367 feet in length, having gates 80 feet wide, and width of chamber 92 feet. The area of the wharfs around the floating dock exceeds 15 acres. There is a pier 400 feet long, 40 to 90 feet wide, and with a depth of water of from 18 to 40 feet under low water spring tides. In addition, there is a pontoon 300 feet long, 40 feet wide, with a depth of water alongside of from 12 to 24 feet under low water spring tides, and capable of containing 4000 tons of coals'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_268

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27,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,8in x 8,2in / 3846 x 2454 (300dpi)

Keywords

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