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 -                            LIVERPOOL BASINS. -++-++++- |                     |           |  Height  |            |            | |    | 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   "               |       |                                   -                   |       |            Total                  1,538 Acres.            |

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=====================================================+===                                    BIRKENHEAD 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. 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