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Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Aerial View Hartlepool Docks, showing Central Dock (left), North Basin (centre), Victoria Dock (right). and the area known as “The Slake” in the background. Cargo Storage sheds, and a vehicle import storage area are in the foreground.
Donor : Mr. John Brooker
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Aerial photographsA selection of aerial photographs of Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
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Around the DocksThis section contains various general images and information relating to Hartlepool Docks. For a more detailed history of Hartlepool Docks see Note History of the Docks at Hartlepool.
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Victoria DockVictoria 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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