The de-commissioned Fishing Vessel Silver Harvest, still showing her Dublin registration, moored on Withy’s Quay, Victoria Dock, Hartlepool. In the background on the Deep Water Berth, a large forestry products ship is discharging cargo.
Donor : Mr. John Brooker
Creator : Mr. John Brooker
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Victoria Dock at Hartlepool was opened in December 1840. The brig Thomas Rowell was the first ship to enter and load in the new dock. The amount of tonnage shipped in this year was almost double that handled in Hartlepool the previous year. By 1851 the dock had sixteen coal drops and three steam operated ballast cranes.
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