The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

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THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL

No. IV

IN our last article on this subject, we stated what

been done when the grand attempt was made to raise
Birkenhead into a place of importance, but the completion
ch was checked by the difficulties in the money-

I market, consequent upon the reaction of the railway
mania, and the want of support from Liverpool, owing to
the absurd jealousy of Birkenhead proving a dangerous
'1 in commercial business. It is to be hoped, however,
&dings are for ever set at rest, and that those

that such 4

who are

!ntrasted with the management of the magui

cent Liverpool Dock Estate will see the propriety and

advantrtge of extending their operations on the western
side of the Mersey, instead of multiplying their difficulties

by enaearouring to perform impossibilities on the eastern
The extension 'of docks at the north end, whether
.fined or otherwise, is now an accomplished

judiciously deli

fact, and therefore beyond the range of comment ; but as
they are almost equally beyond the range of easy access

for commercial purposes, any further extension is open to
The timber trade of Liverpool requires
further accommodation, which can only be afforded bY

animadversion

incurring an eflormous expense, or obtaining the requisite
space at such a long distance from the centre of traffic as
to destroy allidea of its being any accommodation at
A proposal has recently been made to go still further north
than the Huskisson Dock, whichisitself beyond the verge

of shelter from the winds that sometimes set in with great
violence from the Irish sea ; but the only objection raised
to the proposal seems to have been excited by the immense

outlay required, amouv

This is paying rather too dear.fcr the whistle, if "it be only
to indulge the wish to recall. au JaimLpuoi uumuess on this
side of the Mersey, when so many•facilities are offered on
the other side at much less - cost and with far greater

advantages in every respect.

Wallasey Pool, and is now known, as the Great Float, pre-
sents an area of about 150 acres, 'end on`the -Birkenhead
side has been bounded by a stone wall of substantial
masonry, extending from the dock-gates to the head of
the Pool, a distance of about two miles, and presenting an
extent of quay capable of affording accommodation to an
immense amount of business. It has also the further
advantage of being skirted by aline of railway communi-
eatiig with the Birkenhead, 'Lancashire, and Cheshire
'Junction line, and thence with all parts of the kingdom,
the rates of transit ofheavy goodsto Manchesterand other
great centres of manufacturing indestry being conSiderably
lower than by the railways on this.side the 'Mersey, while
the access is more easy —beingeloseto the quay side —than
is per likely to be attained between the Liverpool docks
mid the various railway termini. The advantage of this
arrangement on the :Birkenhead side has been several
times pressed upon public attention by Messrs. Honks,
SLAJTER, and Co., the ,eminent 'timber brokers; in their
trade circulars, and it •is one which:is becoming of such
importance that no dotilat other /lows in the samettrade
tillavail themselves eft.

On the south-eastern ,corner of the Great Float . are
seven large stacks of lofty warehouser s of most substantial
erection, one of which leas been converted into the Govern-
ment Dep6t for Emigrants, who embark themselves and
goods into vessels alongside the quay, in the zek^st
convenient manner possible. Between each stack of

buildings is a branch of the railway, with the most com-
plete machinery for emu:nuke' ating one with the other,
and with the main line„so that in the 'codling or unloading
of vessels, cartage is rendered-almost unnecessary. Above
the warehouses, on the w.ater.side, are the extensive iron
ship-building premises of Mr.. Jonx LAIR% whence the
largest .ateam-ships are lamwheil into the fireat Float,
with a facility which can rarely be met with in any
other locality. On the inner side, adjoining ,the line of
railway, are the extensive mahogany sheds of Messrs.
HOLME and Co., perhaps the mast spacious of t 14.3 kind in

the world; and the immenseamount:Of business tinsacted

by this firm,us was evident by the .great attendance at
-their sale on Friday last, will show the manner in which
tke facilities for business at the :Birkenhead Dodo are
appreciated by the trade generally.
Farther up the pool is a spacious yard, ,of several acres
iu:extent, and bounded by a substantial.brick wall, which

at present forms Liepository for the huge iron pipes in-
tended. for the conveyance of water from Rivington Pike
for the supply of Liverpool; and beyond this is a large
extent cf ground at :present unoccupied. Farther on, a
spacious:area has been uecently taken for Mr. Heatunia's
extensive manufactory of houses for Australia, which he
has been compelled to remove from near Woodside Perry,
owing to the land there, which belongs to the• Corporation
of Liverpool, having been let for shipbuilding purposes to
Messrs. CLArToar and Co., a 44 Messrs. CLOVER and Co.
The immense amount of business which is now being done
by Mr. IlEmmixru, in the construction of dwellings for
Australian colonists, will almost exceed belief; indeed, he
has already a small-sized town on his premises, small
houses being built within the frames of larger ones, to save
room, and numbers are being every day packed up for
exportation.

Above Mr. HEMMING'S premises is a small dock branch-
ing out from the Great Float, and upon the whole of one
side has been erected an extensive range of buildings for
the manufacture of locomotive engines for the Canada
Great Trunk Railway. The buildings, which belong to
Messrs. BRASSEY and Co., the eminent contractors, are
nearly completed ; part of the machinery has been erected,
and they will be enabled, through the facilities afforded
by the dock, to ship the engines direct from the manu-
factory on board the vessels which will convey them to
Canada. We understand that they have also extensive
orders for engines from English railway companies, so
that that side -of the Great Float will shortly present a
busy scene of manufacturing industry, and lead to still
further extension of traffic.

The head of the Great Float is crossed by a bridge lead.
ing to the village of Poulton, and having an opening for

the passage of vessels higher up the pool ; and up to this
point the dock wall extends, with occasional turns in the
masonry for the entrance of smaller docks, should they
be found necessary. Between the bridge and mews.
Biassvir's premises is also_a large extent of ground g

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