NEW DOCKS FOR LONDON.
PROJECT DESIGNED BY GRAYESEND' . PILOT. • A 'project-for-'.the building of new docks at Tilbury in connection-'with the Port of London scheme has' been prepared by Mr. li. H: Holland,'a Gravesend pilot-. ■ - ' ,The" plans havo been vlaid before ..Mr: Lloyd-George, and 1 have been approved- by, two of 1 tlio loading , steamship companies. Tho scheme is' to utilise a tract of land adjoining the-Tilbury Docks. The details are as follow ;Totnl area covered ... ■ 474 acres Water area ..'.v ... 242 acres' Depth of water ... .!. 45, feet ' Total 1 longth of quays ..: 5J miles Number of berths • 60 Warehouse ai'oa .;. 51J aorcg Tl;e docks would accommodate, vessels up to 1000- feet long, anil drawing thirty-fivo :.foet of water. ••Thqy would be ablo to enter and leavo at all states of tho tide. ... •; Mr. Holland told 'an "Express" representative that a larger dock would' havo to 'he-con-structed, since it was necessitated by the requirements of ships, which were increasing dailv. •->. Tilbury was the only, possible place where a dock could bo constructed. 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 10
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172NEW DOCKS FOR LONDON. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 10
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