In 1880 the graving dock accommodation consisted of one double dock at the extremity of Dockyard creek, known as Nos.

The town possesses a pier and important dock accommodation, including a graving-dock 600 ft.

There are also ten private graving and floating docks and one public graving dock.

The provision of a new graving dock adjoining the Alexandra was delayed in October 1905 by a subsidence of the ground during its construction.

Parliamentary powers were obtained to construct a graving dock capable of accommodating the largest class of warships.

In the area enclosed are the Victoria basin, covering 64 acres, the;Alfred basin of 82 acres, a graving dock 529 ft.

The graving dock made in 1762 was the first dock of the kind in Scotland.

In 1905 a sixth graving dock was opened, having a length of 8754 ft., and a width of 90 ft.

A firstclass graving-dock, of which the Admiralty bore half the cost, has also been added.

The original scheme included a high-level main basin covering an area of 55 ac., with an entrance lock from the fairway, a dry or graving dock 750 ft.

There is wharf accommodation on both banks of the river, a graving dock which can be used by vessels up to 5000 tons, and two patent slips which can take up ships of 1000 and 400 tons respectively.

The largest ships can enter the harbour, which has a minimum depth of 30 ft.; it has two dry docks, a graving dock and a floating dry dock.

The port is the most important on the west coast, and accommodates vessels of 3000 tons in a floating dock; there is also a graving dock.

Graving dock dues, including expenses of removals, cartages, use of shears, stages and graving dock materials, shall be allowed in full.

Till 1772 the town leased the first harbour (finished in 1710) from Sir John Shaw, the superior, but acquired it in that and the following year, and a graving dock was opened in 1786.

with a depth at low water of 32 ft.), Garvel graving dock and other dry docks.

There are several dry docks, of which the Prince of Wales Graving Dock (1858), the largest, measures 370 ft.

At Ferrybank, on the Kilkenny side of the river, there is a shipbuilding yard with patent slip and graving dock.

by rail) though incapacitated by its site from growing into a large town, is more readily accessible for shipping, and has extensive piers and a graving dock.

In 1880 the graving dock accommodation consisted of one double dock at the extremity of Dockyard creek, known as Nos.

The town possesses a pier and important dock accommodation, including a graving-dock 600 ft.

There are also ten private graving and floating docks and one public graving dock.

The provision of a new graving dock adjoining the Alexandra was delayed in October 1905 by a subsidence of the ground during its construction.

Parliamentary powers were obtained to construct a graving dock capable of accommodating the largest class of warships.

In the area enclosed are the Victoria basin, covering 64 acres, the;Alfred basin of 82 acres, a graving dock 529 ft.

The graving dock made in 1762 was the first dock of the kind in Scotland.

In 1905 a sixth graving dock was opened, having a length of 8754 ft., and a width of 90 ft.

A firstclass graving-dock, of which the Admiralty bore half the cost, has also been added.

The original scheme included a high-level main basin covering an area of 55 ac., with an entrance lock from the fairway, a dry or graving dock 750 ft.

There is wharf accommodation on both banks of the river, a graving dock which can be used by vessels up to 5000 tons, and two patent slips which can take up ships of 1000 and 400 tons respectively.

The largest ships can enter the harbour, which has a minimum depth of 30 ft.; it has two dry docks, a graving dock and a floating dry dock.

The port is the most important on the west coast, and accommodates vessels of 3000 tons in a floating dock; there is also a graving dock.

Graving dock dues, including expenses of removals, cartages, use of shears, stages and graving dock materials, shall be allowed in full.

Till 1772 the town leased the first harbour (finished in 1710) from Sir John Shaw, the superior, but acquired it in that and the following year, and a graving dock was opened in 1786.

with a depth at low water of 32 ft.), Garvel graving dock and other dry docks.

There are several dry docks, of which the Prince of Wales Graving Dock (1858), the largest, measures 370 ft.

At Ferrybank, on the Kilkenny side of the river, there is a shipbuilding yard with patent slip and graving dock.