The Hamoaze & Keyham Docks, Devonport (1865)
Rock & Company
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC1975 |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
Illustration Reference
SC1975
Location
CD 31 DVD 5
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Jewitt, Llewellynn. The illustrated handbook of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. Plymouth: W. H. Luke, 1865. pp. 64-5.KEYHAM STEAM YARD Occupies about 75 acres of ground. Its western sides face Hamoaze; on the north is Keyham Lake; and on the south Moon's Cove; it is thus surrounded on three sides by water. The main entrance for ships is to the south, where the depth is 20 feet at low water average spring tides. The entrance dock is 36 feet deep at high water, spring tides. [
]The general level of the yard, though 7 feet above high-water mark of a spring tide, is about 12 feet below the level of the street in front of the new entrance-gate, and is consequently approached from the yard side by an ascending road at the back of the dock smithy. The gateway buildings are in keeping with the rest of the work, and have a most imposing frontage: that on the east side of the entrance is for the police-guard, and the south building for the military. [Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
65x90mm
Note
Rock & Co. ; no. 5261. 23 Jan 1865
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Dates
1865