History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 2 (of 4)

Chapter XXXIX: Appendix: No. 7. VOL. ii. p. 433

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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.
------------------------------+------------------+----------+----------+---------+----------
| Position | Sill |Coping at | |
LIVERPOOL DOCKS. | and Width of | below | Hollow | Water | Lineal
| Entrance | Datum. | Quoins | Area. | Quayage.
| or Passage. | |above Dtm.| |
------------------------------+------------------+----------+----------+---------+----------
| 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 | .. | ..
Clarence Graving Dock Basin | North 45 0 | 4 9 | 26 0 | 1 1056 | 0 291
Do. Do. | South 45 0 | 4 6 | 26 6 | .. | ..
Clarence Half-Tide Dock | West 50 0 | 5 0 | 26 8 | 4 1794 | 0 635
Clarence Dock | West 47 0 | 3 2 | 26 0 | 6 273 | 0 914
Trafalgar Lock | North 45 0 | 6 7 | 23 10 | 0 2937 | 0 256
Trafalgar Dock | North 45 0 | 6 7 | 21 11 | 5 4546 | 0 764
Victoria Dock | North 45 0 | 4 11 | 21 11 | 5 3559 | 0 755
Do | South 50 0 | 6 6 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Waterloo Dock | South 60 0 | 8 0 | 22 1 | 3 2146 | 0 533
Corn Warehouse Dock | South 60 0 | 8 0 | 22 1 | 2 3375 | 0 506
Half-Tide Dock to do. | West | | | |
Do. | {North 65 0 | 8 0 | 31 0 | 4 3250 | 0 429
Do. Lock (110 ft. long) | {Middle 32 0 | 8 0 | 31 0 | .. | ..
Do. | {South 65 0 | 8 0 | 31 0 | .. | ..
Prince’s Dock | North 45 0 | 5 11 | 27 5 | 11 1490 | 0 1178
George’s Dock | .. .. | .. | .. | 5 154 | 0 645
George’s Dock Passage | South 40 3 | 4 6 | 24 5 | 0 2439 | 0 356
| |Sill above| | |
| | Datum. | | |
Manchester Dock | {West 32 10 | 0 3 | 23 3 | 1 595 | 0 339
| { |Sill below| | |
| { | Datum. | | |
Manchester Lock (86 ft. long) | {West 33 8 | 3 9 | 24 3 | 0 315 | 0 57
Canning Dock | West 45 0 | 6 1 | 26 2 | 4 376 | 0 585
Canning Half-Tide Dock | West | | | |
Do. Do. | {North 45 0 | 6 3 | 28 3 | 2 2688 | 0 429
Do. Do. | {South 45 0 | 6 3 | 28 3 | .. | ..
Albert Dock | North 45 0 | 6 4 | 26 0 | 7 3542 | 0 885
Do. | East 45 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Salthouse Dock | North 45 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 6 2019 | 0 784
Wapping Basin | North 50 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 1 3151 | 0 454
Do. | South 50 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Do. | West 40 0 | 6 0 | 25 0 | .. | ..
Wapping Dock | West 50 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 5 499 | 0 815
Do. | South 50 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | .. | ..
King’s Dock | South 42 0 | 5 0 | 26 1 | 7 3896 | 0 875
Queen’s Half-Tide Dock. | West | | | |
Do. Do. | {North 70 0 | 6 9 | 31 0 | 3 3542 | 0 445
Do. Do. | {South 50 0 | 6 9 | 31 0 | .. | ..
Queen’s Dock | West 50 0 | 6 0 | 26 0 | 10 1564 | 0 1214
Do. | South 60 0 | 6 6 | 28 9 | .. | ..
Coburg Dock | West 70 0 | 6 0 | 30 6 | 8 26 | 0 1053
Brunswick Dock | North 60 0 | 6 6 | 27 0 | 12 3010 | 0 1086
Do. | West 42 0 | 5 6 | 26 0 | .. | ..
Brunswick Half-Tide Dock | West 45 0 | 6 0 | 26 6 | 1 3388 | 0 491
Toxteth Dock | West 40 0 | 5 0 | 26 0 | 1 469 | 0 393
Harrington Dock | West 29 9 | 1 2 | 23 1 | 0 3740 | 0 315
Herculaneum Half-Tide Dock | North 80 0 | 8 0 | 31 0 | 3 3000 | 0 416
Do. Do. | South 60 0 | 8 0 | 31 0 | .. | ..
+---------+----------
Total Water Area and Quay Space of the Liverpool Docks |243 1559 | 17 263
-----------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+----------

LIVERPOOL BASINS.
+----------------------+-----------+----------+------------+------------+
| | | Height | | |
| LIVERPOOL BASINS. | Width of | of Piers | Water | Lineal |
| | Entrance. | above | Area. | Quayage. |
| | | Datum. | | |
+----------------------+-----------+----------+------------+------------|
| | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Acres Yds. | Miles Yds. |
| Canada Basin | 250 0 | 32 0 | 6 4528 | 0 546 |
| Sandon Basin | 200 0 | 31 0 | 6 904 | 0 702 |
| George’s Ferry Basin | 67 0 | 23 8 | 0 1344 | 0 160 |
| Chester Basin | 36 0 | 22 2 | 0 2568 | 0 288 |
| South Ferry Basin | 60 0 | 30 6 | 0 2927 | 0 205 |
| Harrington Basin | 40 0 | 23 3 | 0 3917 | 0 308 |
| Herculaneum Basin | 40 0 | 26 0 | 0 2200 | 0 204 |
| +-----------+----------+------------+------------|
| Total Water Area and Quay Space of the } | 15 3868 | 1 653 |
| Liverpool Basins } | | |
| Do. do. do. Docks | 243 1559 | 17 263 |
| +------------+------------+
| Total | 259 587 | 18 916 |
+---------------------------------------------+------------+------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| AREA OF THE DOCK ESTATE. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Liverpool 1,032 Acres. |
| Birkenhead 506 Acres. |
| ----- |
| Total 1,538 Acres. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+

BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
------------------------------+------------------+----------+----------+---------+----------
| Position | Sill |Coping at | |
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. | and Width of | below | Hollow | Water | Lineal
| Entrance | Datum. | Quoins | Area. | Quayage.
| or Passage. | |above Dtm.| |
------------------------------+------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------
| Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ac. Yds. |Miles Yds.
WEST FLOAT | .. .. | .. | .. | 52 19 | 2 210
Basin near Canada Works | West 50 0 | .. | .. | 1 2554 | 0 543
Do. do. | East 50 0 | .. | .. | 1 84 | 0 390
Duke Street Passage | 100 0 | 7 6 | 26 6 | .. | ..
EAST FLOAT | .. .. | .. | .. | 59 3786 | 1 1506
Corn Warehouse Dock | 30 0 | O.D.S. | 26 0 | 1 453 | 0 555
Railway Companies’ Basin | .. .. | .. | .. | 0 606 | 0 113
Lock from Low-Water Basin } | 50 0 | .. | 26 0 | 0 1333 | 0 234
238 feet long } | | | | |
Inner Sill | .. .. | 9 0 | .. | .. | ..
Outer Sills | .. .. | 12 0 | .. | .. | ..
Inner Northern Entrances | North 100 0 | 9 0 | 26 0 | .. | 0 242
Lock 198 feet long | Middle 30 0 | .. | 26 0 | 0 667 | 0 264
Inner Sill | .. .. | 9 0 | .. | .. | ..
Outer Sills | .. .. | 12 0 | .. | .. | ..
Lock 274 feet long | South 50 0 | .. | 26 0 | 0 522 | 0 300
Inner Sill | .. .. | 9 0 | .. | .. | ..
Outer Sills | .. .. | 12 0 | .. | .. | ..
Alfred Dock | .. .. | .. | .. | 8 2922 | 0 482
Outer Northern Entrances— | | | | |
Lock 348 feet long | North 100 0 | 12 0 | 31 0 | 0 3888 | 0 352
Lock 198 feet long | Middle 30 0 | 12 0 | 26 0 | 0 667 | 0 377
Lock 398 feet long | South 50 0 | 12 0 | 26 0 | 0 2222 | 0 391
Egerton Dock | West 70 0 | 7 4 | 25 0 | 3 4011 | 0 754
Morpeth Dock | West 70 0 | 5 5 | 25 0 | 11 2404 | 0 1299
Railway Companies’ Basin | South 25 0 | O.D.S. | 26 0 | 0 3144 | 0 319
Morpeth Branch Dock | West 85 0 | .. | 26 0 | 4 243 | 0 637
Morpeth Lock 398 feet long | River 85 0 | 12 0 | 26 0 | 0 3777 | 0 441
+----------+---------
Total Water Area and Quay Space of the Birkenhead Docks | 147 722 | 8 609
-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------

BIRKENHEAD BASINS.
+----------------------+-----------+----------+------------+------------|
| | | Height | | |
| BIRKENHEAD BASINS. | Width of | of Piers | Water | Lineal |
| | Entrance. | above | Area. | Quayage. |
| | | Datum. | | |
+----------------------+-----------+----------+------------+------------|
| | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Acres Yds. | Miles Yds. |
| Low-Water Basin | 300 0 | 26 0 | 14 0 | 0 1360 |
| North Basin | 500 0 | 31 0 | 4 2843 | 0 689 |
| +------------+------------|
| Total Water Area and Quay Space of the } | 18 2843 | 1 269 |
| Birkenhead Basins } | | |
| Do. do. do. Docks | 147 722 | 8 609 |
| +------------+------------|
| Total | 165 3565 | 9 878 |
+---------------------------------------------+------------+------------+

TOTAL AREA OF THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD DOCKS AND BASINS.
+---------------------------------------------+------------+------------+
| | Acres Yds. | Miles Yds. |
| Total Water Area and Quay Space of the } | | |
| Liverpool Docks and Basins } | 259 587 | 18 916 |
| | | |
| Total Water Area and Quay Space of the } | | |
| Birkenhead Docks and Basins } | 165 3565 | 9 878 |
| +------------+------------+
| Total | 424 4152 | 28 34 |
+---------------------------------------------+------------+------------+

LEVELS OF TIDES AT LIVERPOOL.

_Derived from the Record of the Self-Registering Gauge at George’s Pier
deduced from Ten Years’ Observations, 1854 to 1863. Datum Old Dock Sill._
------------------------------------------------------+-------------+---------
| Ft. In. |
An extraordinary High Tide, as marked on the } | 25 0 | { Above
Leasowe Lighthouse } | | { Datum.
An extraordinary High Tide, 20 January, 1863 | 23 9 | ”
Average High-Water Mark of Equinoctial Spring Tides. | 21 1 | ”
Average High Water of Spring Tides, including | |
Equinoctial Tides | 19 0½ | ”
Average High-Water Mark of Ordinary Spring Tides, | |
excluding the Equinoctial Tides | 18 10 | ”
Mean High-Water Level | 15 6 | ”
Highest High-Water Mark of Neap Tides | 14 8 | ”
Average High-Water Mark of Ordinary Neap Tides | 11 7 | ”
Lowest High-Water Mark of Neap Tides | 8 7 | ”
Mean Tide Level (Ordnance Datum) | 5 0 | ”
Highest Low-Water Mark of Neap Tides | 4 1 | ”
Average Low-Water Mark of Ordinary Neap Tides | 1 5 | { Below
| | { Datum.
Lowest Low-Water Mark of Neap Tides | 3 10 | ”
Mean Low-Water Level | 5 6 | ”
Average Low-Water Mark of Ordinary Spring Tides, | |
exclusive of Equinoctial Tides | 8 8 | ”
Average Low-Water Mark of Spring Tides, inclusive of | |
Equinoctial Tides | 8 10 | ”
Lowest Low-Water Mark of Equinoctial Spring Tides | 10 4 | ”
------------------------------------------------------+-------------+---------

LIVERPOOL GRAVING DOCKS.
-----------------------------+------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------
| Position | Sill |Coping at| Length | Total
LIVERPOOL GRAVING DOCKS. | and Width of | below | Hollow | of | Length
| Entrance. | Datum. | Quoins | Floor. | of
| | | above | | Floor.
| | | Dtm. | |
-----------------------------+-----------------+----------+---------+---------+---------
| Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In.
Canada Lock as a Graving Dock| 100 0 | 7 9 | 28 0 | .. | 588 0
Huskisson Lock as a Graving | | | | |
Dock | 80 0 | 6 6 | 38 0 | .. | 395 0
Sandon Graving Docks, No. 1 |East 60 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
No. 2 |East 70 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
No. 3 |East 60 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
No. 4 |East 70 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
No. 5 |East 45 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
No. 6 |West 45 0 | 3 6 | 26 0 | 565 0 |
| | | +---------+ 3390 0
Clarence Graving Docks, No. 1|N. Outer 45 0 | 3 0 | 26 6 | 451 0 |
|N. Inner 45 0 | 0 6 | 18 0 | 289 0 |
No. 2|S. Outer 45 0 | 3 0 | 26 6 | 454 0 |
|S. Inner 32 0 | 0 6 | 18 0 | 286 0 |
| |Sill above| +---------+ 1480 0
| | Datum. | | |
| | | | |
Canning Graving Docks, No. 1 |North 35 9 | 1 8½ | 23 3 | 436 0 |
| |Sill below| | |
| | Datum. | | |
No. 2 |South 35 9 | 0 0½ | 23 3½ | 482 0 |
| | | +---------+ 918 0
Queen’s Graving Docks, No. 1 |East 42 0 | 1 8¼ | 27 7¾ | 465 0 |
No. 2 |West 70 0 | 3 6 | 27 5 | 467 0 |
| | | +---------+ 932 0
Brunswick Graving Dks. No. 1 |East 41 0 | 2 6 | 26 6 | 460 0 |
No. 2 |West 41 6 | 2 6 | 26 6 | 462 0 |
| | | +---------| 922 0
Herculaneum Grvg. Dks. No. 1 |West 60 0 | 4 0 | 26 0 | 758 6 |
No. 2 |East 60 0 | 4 0 | 26 0 | 753 0 |
| | | +---------+ 1511 6
+---------
Total Length of Floor of the Liverpool Graving Docks |10136 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------

LIVERPOOL GRIDIRONS.
-----------------------------------------------------------+----------+-------
| Breadth |Length.
GRIDIRONS. | of |
| Gridiron.|
-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------
| Ft. In. |Ft. In.
Clarence Graving Dock Basin—The Blocks are laid 2 feet } | 25 6 | 313 6
2 inches below the Datum at the South end of the } | |
Gridiron, and 3 inches below at the North end } | |
| |
King’s Pier—The Blocks are laid at the level of the Datum | 26 0 | 509 0
+-------
Total Length of the Liverpool Gridirons | 822 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------

LANDING STAGES.

Liverpool.—Prince’s Stage 1002 6 long; 80 wide, 4 Bridges from the shore.
George’s Stage 505 0 long; 80 wide, 2 Bridges from the shore.

Birkenhead.—Low Water } 1040 0 long; 50 & 2 Bridges from the shore.
Basin Stage } 35 wide,
Woodside Stage 800 0 long; 80 wide, 2 Bridges from the shore.

NOTE.—The South end of the Woodside Stage, for a length of 300
feet, including one of the Bridges, is appropriated to the use of
the Birkenhead Commissioners. The 500 feet Northwards, and the
other Bridge, is under the superintendence of the Dock Board. In
connection with this stage there is a Floating Bridge, 678 feet in
length by 30 feet in width, by means of which an easy incline for
Carriage Traffic is maintained at all times of the Tide.

--------------------------------+---------------+-----------------+--------+-----------
DOCKS BELONGING TO THE | | LEVEL OF SILL. |Level of|
CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL | Width of +--------+--------+ Coping | Water
AND OTHERS. | Entrance. | Above | Below | above | Area.
| | Datum. | Datum. | Datum. |
--------------------------------+---------------+--------+--------+--------+-----------
_The Corporation of Liverpool._ | Ft. In. | Ft. In.| Ft. In.| Ft. In.| Acres Yds.
| | | | |
The River Craft Dock | Outer 30 0 | 0 3 | .. | 25 4 | 1 3416
Lock, and Eagle Basin | Inner 30 0 | 1 3 | .. | 25 10 | ..
Ditto Anderton Basin | .. 40 0 | .. | .. | .. | 0 1198
| | | | |
_The Trustees of the late | | | | |
Duke of Bridgewater._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Duke’s Dock | Outer 40 0 | .. | 4 6 | 25 6 | 2 1336
| Middle 28 10 | 0 6 | .. | 22 9 | ..
| Inner 40 0 | .. | 6 0 | 25 0 | ..
Ditto Egerton Dock | .. 20 0 | 0 6 | .. | 23 0 | 0 2700
| | | | |
_The London & North-Western | | | | |
Railway Company._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Garston Dock | North 20 0 | .. | 6 0 | 26 0 | 6 1200
| South 50 0 | .. | .. | .. | ..
+-----------
| 11 170
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is in communication with Stanley
Dock through Four Locks and Five intermediate Basins. The Locks
are each 81 feet long by 16 feet 6 inches wide, and the Total Rise
is 46 feet 6 inches. The Level of the Water in the Canal is 58
feet above the Datum.

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