LONDON’S NEW DOCK
OPENED ON SATURDAY
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 7.
The King and Queen intend opening to-morrow a new dock extending the Victoria and Albert system. It is the largest work so far undertaken by the Port of London Authority. It will enable 30,000-ton vessels to berth within six and a-half miles of the heart of the city, and will provide a wet dock covering 64 acres, with a depth of 58ft. There are 14 berths for the largest steamers; also a dry dock, 750 ft long, and capable of being extended. —Reuter.
KING OPENS THE DOCK. LONDON, July 8. (Received July 10, at 5.5 p.m.) The King, during the course of a brilliant river pageant, opened the extension of the Victoria-Albert Docks. An enormous crowd witnessed the ceremony.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18294, 11 July 1921, Page 5
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