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| Ramsden Dock, Barrow Docks | ||
| Ramsden Dock | ||
| site name:- | Barrow Docks | |
| locality:- | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dock | |
| coordinates:- | SD20796790 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2067 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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 click to enlargeBPS81.jpg Aerial view. "THE FURNESS RAILWAY COMPANY'S DOCKS. / PORT OF BARROW." courtesy the Dock Museum |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 21 16) placename:- Ramsden Dock |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Ramsden Dock |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 381:- "The depths in the docks and basin given below are those when there are depths of 30 feet (9m1) over the sill at the entrance to Ramsden basin." "..." "Ramsden dock has an area of 60 acres, with depths from 23 1/2 to 28 1/4 feet (7m2 to 8m6)." "..." goto sourcePage 382:- "Docking signals. - a red flag displayed at the signal mast situated on the north pierhead, Ramsden dock, by day, or a red light over a white light exhibited from a post on the pierhead, at night, indicates that the dock gates are open and clear." "A black ball under a red flag by day, or two red lights at night, signifies that the basin entrance is not clear" |
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| Paley and Austin series | ||
| person:- | architect : Paley, Edward G |
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| person:- | architect : Austin, Hubert J |
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| date:- | 1877 |
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| Engine house for hydraulic machinery. |
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| Paley and Austin series | ||
| person:- | architect : Paley, Edward G |
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| person:- | architect : Austin, Hubert J |
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| place:- | Ramsden Dock Station (?) | |
| date:- | 1882 |
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| Railway station and warehouse. |
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