Aerial View of the Deep Water Berth area Hartlepool Docks, showing cargo storage sheds (Pulp, Newsprint, timber) outside timber storage areas, the Dockmasters Office, and the lock gates leading to the North Basin.
Donor : Mr. John Brooker
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A selection of aerial photographs of Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
More detail »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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