This 1910 photograph is believed to show the dock gates leading into Victoria Dock, with the end of the Coal Staithes on the right, and Withy's Quay and swan-neck crane in the background.
Date (of image) : 1910
Donor : Les Hawksfield
Creator : unknown
Location
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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