Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea, 50 miles (80 km) east of Leeds, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of York and 54 miles (87 km) northeast of Sheffield.
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The Port of Hull
The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Seaborne trade at the port can be traced to at least the 13th century, originally conducted mainly at the outfall of the River Hull, known as The Haven, or later as the Old Harbour. In 1773, the Hull Dock Company was formed and Hull's first dock built, on land formerly occupied by Hull town walls; in the next half century a ring of docks were built around the old down on the site of the former fortifications, known as the Town Docks – the first, The Dock (1778), (or The Old Dock, known as Queen's Dock after 1855), Humber Dock (1809), and Junction Dock (1829) – an extension, Railway Dock (1846) was opened to serve the newly built Hull and Selby Railway.
Seaborne trade at the port can be traced to at least the 13th century, originally conducted mainly at the outfall of the River Hull, known as The Haven, or later as the Old Harbour. In 1773, the Hull Dock Company was formed and Hull's first dock built, on land formerly occupied by Hull town walls; in the next half century a ring of docks were built around the old down on the site of the former fortifications, known as the Town Docks – the first, The Dock (1778), (or The Old Dock, known as Queen's Dock after 1855), Humber Dock (1809), and Junction Dock (1829) – an extension, Railway Dock (1846) was opened to serve the newly built Hull and Selby Railway.
The Old Dock
By the mid 1700s the overcrowding of ships in the River Hull, or Old Harbour, had reached an extent that ships were being damaged, in addition to delays in handling and shipping – as a consequence some tentative investigations were begun into expanding the facilities at Hull.
The Old Dock, the first dock in Hull, was built between 1775 and 1778 to a design by Henry Berry and John Grundy. As built the dock was 1,703 feet long by 254 ft wide (519 by 77 m), the lock 200 foot long by 36.5 feet (61.0 by 11.1 m) at its extremities, and 24.5 feet (7.5 m) deep, the lock river basin was 212 by 80 feet (65 by 24 m).
The dock entrance was on the River Hull just south of North Bridge, and the dock itself built west-south-west along the path of the North Wall as far as the Beverley Gate. At the entrance to the dock a double drawbridge, counterbalanced for ease of use, of the Dutch type, allowed people to cross the lock.
The dock was called The Dock until the construction of further docks, whence it was called The Old Dock, it was officially named the Queen's Dock in 1855.
The dock closed in 1930 and was sold to the Corporation for £100,000, subsequently it was infilled and converted to an ornamental gardens known as Queen's Gardens. Queen's Gardens is a sequence of gardens in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. They are set out within a 9.75-acre area that until 1930 was filled with the waters of Queen's Dock. As the dock was not fully filled in, the gardens are largely below the level of the surrounding streets.
The Old Dock, the first dock in Hull, was built between 1775 and 1778 to a design by Henry Berry and John Grundy. As built the dock was 1,703 feet long by 254 ft wide (519 by 77 m), the lock 200 foot long by 36.5 feet (61.0 by 11.1 m) at its extremities, and 24.5 feet (7.5 m) deep, the lock river basin was 212 by 80 feet (65 by 24 m).
The dock entrance was on the River Hull just south of North Bridge, and the dock itself built west-south-west along the path of the North Wall as far as the Beverley Gate. At the entrance to the dock a double drawbridge, counterbalanced for ease of use, of the Dutch type, allowed people to cross the lock.
The dock was called The Dock until the construction of further docks, whence it was called The Old Dock, it was officially named the Queen's Dock in 1855.
The dock closed in 1930 and was sold to the Corporation for £100,000, subsequently it was infilled and converted to an ornamental gardens known as Queen's Gardens. Queen's Gardens is a sequence of gardens in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. They are set out within a 9.75-acre area that until 1930 was filled with the waters of Queen's Dock. As the dock was not fully filled in, the gardens are largely below the level of the surrounding streets.
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