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A History of the County of York East Riding
… an almshouse near the town walls, in what is now Prince's Dock Street, and its management was made over to the House in … court was built, extending to the newly-opened Prince's Dock and having a gateway on the dockside which incorporated … major problem in Hull in the mid-18th century was that of dock facilities. The increase in trade had made the haven …
Survey of London
… brick manufacturer. The firm of Newton has occupied Falcon Dock, Bankside, since the beginning of the 19th century; … Asher Alexander, 17681846, was also surveyor to the London Dock Company. His son, Daniel, was appointed curate of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 10s. Some years since the building of a fort here, a royal dock has been made adjoining to it, intended chiefly for the … of persons necessarily attendant both on the fort and dock-yard, has occasioned the building of a town of several …
Survey of London
… who, in the same year, prepared a plan for an enclosed wet dock there, comprising a single rectangular basin, 776ft by … engaged John Powsey, the engineer of the Brunswick Dock. He submitted his own proposals for the Isle of Dogs, … Jessop (17451814), who had wide experience as a canal and dock engineer, was brought in as a consultant, although he …
Survey of London
… notably and extensively, at Liverpool. Henry Johnson's wet dock at Blackwall, completed in 1661, and converted to be the Brunswick Dock in 1790, and the Howland Dock at Rotherhithe, opened in 1699, provided precedents for …
Survey of London
… housing Offices, Works and Housing The Ledger Building (Dock Offices), North Quay, Import Dock. Early plans for the West India Docks included a large … space, however, and in 1802 it was intended to site the dock offices outside the boundary ditch. 749 Following …
Survey of London
… pumping-engines were used for the excavation of the Export Dock. 867 The Limehouse engine was sold in 1807, but replaced … until the late 1820s, when its huge cost prompted the dock company to act. An impounding system devised by (Sir) … built in 182830 on the site that is now occupied by Poplar Dock (see page 336). It was designed to introduce clean water …
Survey of London
… perimeter wall linking the outer elevations of the Import Dock warehouses, and an outer boundary ditch or moat with a … It enclosed the north, east and west quays of the Import Dock, with articulation to accommodate warehouses that were … survive as the outer elevations of the Ledger Building (Dock Office) and the link blocks west of Nos 1 and 2 …
Survey of London
… Daniell depicted the mercantile vision of an orderly dock system surrounded by uniform warehouses, architecturally … and linking blocks built on the north quay of the Import Dock in 18003 formed a stately and imposing row. These were … when virtually all trace of London's first generation of dock buildings has gone, part of the group still survives …
Survey of London
… Docks The buildings: sheds Sheds North Quay Sheds, Import Dock. Early plans for the West India Docks omitted quay sheds … as the opening of the docks approached in 1802, the dock company turned its attention to the practicalities of … intervals. 579 Similar sheds were erected on the Import Dock west quay in 1805 and on the east quay in 1811. 580 The …