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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.

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 |         | |  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 |     |  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  |   .. |    ..