| BIRKENHEAD GRAVING DOCKS. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead Graving Docks. | Position and Width of Entrance. | Sill under Datum. | Coping at Hollow Quoins abv. Dtm. | Length of Floor. | Total Length of Floor. | |||||||
| Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | |||
| Morpeth Lock as a Graving Dock | 85 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .. | 468 | 0 | |||
| West Float | No. 2 | East | 50 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 750 | 0 | .. | |
| No. 3 | West | 85 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 750 | 0 | 1500 | 0 | |
| Total Length of Floor of the Birkenhead Graving Docks | 1968 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total Length of Floor of the Liverpool Graving Docks | 10136 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Total | 12104 | 6 | ||||||||||
| LIVERPOOL GRIDIRONS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gridirons. | Breadth of Gridiron. | Length. | ||
| Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | |
| Clarence Graving Dock Basin—The Blocks are laid 2 feet 2 inches below the Datum at the South end of the Gridiron, and 3 inches below at the North end | 25 | 6 | 313 | 6 |
| 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 & 35 wide, | 2 Bridges from the shore. |
| Basin Stage } | ||||
| 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 Corporation of Liverpool and Others. | Width of Entrance. | Level of Sill. | Level of Coping above Datum. | Water Area. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above Datum. | Below Datum. | |||||||||||
| Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ft. | In. | Ac. | Yds. | |||
| The Corporation of Liverpool. | ||||||||||||
| 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.
[APPENDIX No. 8, Vol. ii. p. 448.]
Extracts from the Ship’s Charter party, which requires the attention of the Commanders and Officers in the Maritime Service of the East India Company.
58. The commander to give notice to the secretary, in writing, when the ship arrives at Gravesend, outward bound.
59. The commander also to give notice to the secretary at the expiration of the time limited for the stay of the ship at Gravesend, or in the Hope, outward bound.