77-572: Albert Dock may refer to: Albert Dock, Hull , in Kingston upon Hull, England Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool , a dock and warehouse system in Liverpool, England Royal Albert Dock, London , in the Docklands area of east London, England Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital , a London hospital for ex members of the merchant navy Topics referred to by
154-824: A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England, in an area known as Holderness . It is situated on the north bank of the Humber Estuary just outside the Hull eastern boundary on the A1033 road . It forms part of the civil parish of Preston . Salt End is dominated by a chemical park owned by PX group, and a gas-fired power station owned by Triton Power. Chemicals produced at Salt End include acetic acid, acetic anhydride, ammonia, bio-butanol, bio-ethanol, ethyl acetate (ETAC) and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) with animal feed also being produced on site. The site
231-579: A 94% stake in the company). After completion in 2012 the unit was intended to be the largest such plant in the UK and the 5th largest in Europe, but design and commissioning issues affected output in 2013. The bioethanol produced is blended into petrol. Vivergo's construction was the subject of industrial action in March–April 2011 resulting from the termination of a contract with Redhall Engineering. Construction
308-605: A build up of mud from the estuary. An additional stimulus to change was the demand for a 'legal quay' on which customs officials could easily examine and weigh goods for export without causing excessive delay to shipments. In 1773, the Hull Corporation , Hull Trinity House and Hull merchants formed a Dock Company, the first statutory dock company in Britain. The Crown gave the land which contained Hull's city walls for construction of docks, and an Act of Parliament
385-425: A design also used on the rebuilt Old Dock lock of 1814. During the construction of the lock pit a freshwater spring was found, causing difficulties in construction. The spring continued to cause problems in the lock pit, with some subsidence attributed to it (1812); James Walker directed further remedial work on the lock in 1830 as a result. John Harrap was the on site engineer. Construction began in 1803 and
462-485: A dock in the town ditch with a basin onto the Humber of £84,000. Experience with the settlement and collapse of the old dock's walls led to more substantial construction of lock and dock walls, though some subsidence still occurred. The dock walls now stood on angled piled foundations, with the mass of the wall at a shallow angle to the vertical opposing the weight of earth behind. The lock base consisted of an inverted arch,
539-525: A factory and estuary side quay under construction, a development known as Green Port Hull. The Town Docks, Victoria Dock, and St Andrew's Dock fell out of use by the 1970s and were closed. Some were later infilled and redeveloped, with the Humber and Railway docks converted for leisure craft as Hull Marina . Other facilities at the port included the Riverside Quay, built on the Humber banks at Albert Dock for passenger ferries and European trains, and
616-406: A lock at each end 36 ft (11 m) wide with a bridge over each. The bridges were of the balanced lifting type; both bridges and locks were from Hunter and English (Bow, London), with iron from Alfreton , Derbyshire. In 1855, it was renamed Prince's Dock in honour of a visit by Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort . The dock closed in 1968. Part of the dock still exists but without
693-545: A lock connection to Humber Dock. The Princes Quay shopping centre, opened in 1991, was built over part of the dock on stilts. The dock now features a fountain. The Dock Company applied to build a new branch dock in May 1844, and obtained powers with the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Act, 1844, which also enabled the construction of an east dock (later Victoria Dock). In late 1844, the company applied to expand
770-515: A major import. During this period the River Hull was made navigable as far as the then important town of Beverley (1269), and roads were built connecting Hull to Beverley and Holderness and to the via regia between Hessle and Beverley near to Anlaby (about 1302). By the 15th century, trade with the Hanseatic league had become important. During the same period the growth of
847-594: A new deep water dock without consulting the Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR). This led to a joint proposal for a dock east of Alexandra Dock being submitted, and passed in 1899, as the "Hull Joint Dock Act". The new dock was opened in 1914 as the King George Dock. The Hull and Barnsley Railway became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1922, making the docks in Hull the responsibility of
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#1732772143382924-416: A new harbour. At the same time, HM Customs sought an end to the need to inspect cargoes handled at the private wharves and wanted customs procedures incorporated into a new dock or wharf—a "legal quay". An initial survey by Robert Mylne and Joseph Robson recommended a new harbour on the east side of the River Hull. Though the established development on the east bank tended to preclude a new port there,
1001-691: A non-hazardous waste incinerator at Queen Elizabeth Dock, Saltend. The plant is an energy from waste facility, which will burn waste at high temperatures and use the energy to generate electricity which was later backtracked due to strong opposition from the local town of Hedon with the fear of toxic fumes. North of the A1033 and away from the main Saltend Chemicals Park, is Yorkshire Water's waste water treatment works. Although Yorkshire Water invested £30 million in October 2015 to improve
1078-439: A port was undertaken by wool-producing Meaux Abbey before 1200 as a route for export. An important event in the history of Hull as a port was its acquisition by King Edward I . In 1297, it became the only port from which goods could be exported overseas from the county of Yorkshire . Thus, in the 13th and 14th centuries Hull was a major English port for the export of wool, much of it to Flanders , with wine being
1155-812: A single company once again. The Railways Act 1921 led to the merger of the NER into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In 1948, much of Britain's transport operations were nationalised by the Transport Act 1947 into the British Transport Commission , including the port and railway operations of the London North Eastern Railway (LNER). In 1962, the British Transport Docks Board
1232-620: A site of around 30 acres (12 ha) in Drypool east of the River Hull and The Citadel and near the river's confluence with the Humber. The proposed dock had entrances onto the Humber and the Hull. Capital of £180,000 was proposed for the scheme. Proceedings for a bill in Parliament were begun in 1838. The Queen's Dock Company abandoned the project, after the Dock Company took up a similar proposal. In September 1839 James Walker
1309-589: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Albert Dock, Hull The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull , in the 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
1386-438: Is operated by Associated British Ports and is estimated to handle one million passengers per year; it is the main softwood timber importation port for the UK. Hull lies at a naturally advantageous position for a port on the north side of the Humber Estuary , to the west of a bend southwards giving rise to (on average) deeper water; and the River Hull flows out into the Humber at the same point. The initial development of
1463-546: The Hull Citadel , or the moat of the Hull town walls for both harbourage and drainage. Grundy also proposed the use of gates in the channel to afford both wet and dry docks. Reports were prepared on the cost ( John Wooler ) and the effect on the river ( John Smeaton ) of Grundy's proposal for a quay on the site of the town's moat. The dock was costed at between £55,000 and £60,000, and the quay between £11,000 and £12,000. Smeaton's report indicated no issues arising in terms of
1540-506: The York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway proposed a railway line from York to Hull which was to terminate at the East Dock. As a consequence, the York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) was forced to bring forward its own scheme to connect the east dock to the railway network. The Y&NMR's Victoria Dock Branch Line was opened in 1853. In 1863, the dock itself
1617-550: The 94-mile (151 km) Teesside to Saltend pipeline was opened which transports ethylene to Saltend to be used on site. In March 2007, BP Announced the sale of their Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and Ethyl acetate (ETAC) plants to Ineos Oxides which also included ownership and maintenance of the ethylene pipeline from Teesside. In 2009, BP created the Saltend Chemicals Park[sic], which covers an area of 370 acres (150 ha) and they continued to manage
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#17327721433821694-635: The Baltic. Until 1773, trade was conducted via the Old Harbour, also known as The Haven, a series of wharves on the west bank of the River Hull, with warehouses and the merchants' houses backing on to the wharves along the High Street. By the 18th century it was becoming increasingly clear that the Haven was unfit for the growing amount of trade: it was not only narrow, but tidal and prone to
1771-504: The Beverley Gate. The dock walls were of local brick, with Bramley Fall stone coping piece. Cement for the lock wall's front construction was rendered waterproof through the use of pozzolana imported from Italy. Piling for the walls consisted of piles narrowing from 12 by 9 inches (300 by 230 mm) to 3 inches (76 mm) at the bottom supporting sleepers 12 by 6 inches (300 by 150 mm) wide by deep trenailed to
1848-469: The Corporation Pier, from which a Humber Ferry sailed to New Holland, Lincolnshire . Numerous industrial works were served by the River Hull, which also hosted several dry docks. To the east of Hull, Salt End near Hedon became a petroleum distribution point in the 20th century, with piers into the estuary for shipment, and later developed as a chemical works. As of 2023, the main port
1925-495: The English cloth industry meant that the export of cloth from Hull increased while wool exports decreased. The 16th century brought a considerable reduction in the amount of cloth traded through the port, but the export of lead increased. By the late 17th century Hull was the third port in the realm after London and Bristol , with the export of lead and cloth, and imports of flax and hemp as well as iron and tar from
2002-662: The Half Tide Basin 3 acres (1.2 ha), the outer basin onto the Humber 2.75 acres (1.11 ha), and the Drypool Basin 1.125 acres (0.455 ha). In some respects the dock was of a slightly larger design than Walker's 1840 proposal. The water depth was 27.5 to 22 feet (8.4 to 6.7 m) (spring to neap tide), and the entrances to the Humber and the Hull River were 60 and 45 feet (18 and 14 m) wide respectively. There were two entrances. The larger entrance
2079-579: The Hull Corporation and Hull Trinity House, as set out in the text of the 1802 act. Humber Dock closed in 1968, it re-opened in 1983 as the Hull Marina . The dock, lock and swing bridge over the lock (a replacement dated 1846 ), are now listed structures. The swing bridge (Wellington Street Bridge) was restored in 2007. One stipulation of the Act of 1802 for the construction of Humber Dock
2156-504: The Humber and the River Hull. The design allowed for an extension to the east with timber ponds at a later date. The 1840 bill was withdrawn due to local opposition. In 1844, the company returned again to Parliament with a bill for a dock in the same location, as well as other works including the Railway Dock. Permission to build the new east dock, and railway dock was granted in 1844; construction of this new dock began in 1845 and
2233-679: 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 was built around the Old Town on the site of the former fortifications, known as the Town Docks. The first was The Dock (1778), (or The Old Dock, known as Queen's Dock after 1855), followed by Humber Dock (1809) and Junction Dock (1829). An extension, Railway Dock (1846),
2310-537: The Selby to Hull railway line that terminated in the centre of Hull. In 1885, Alexandra Dock opened; it was owned and operated by the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company . This ended the Dock Company's monopoly on dock facilities in Hull and led to price cutting competition between the two companies for dock charges. The Dock Company was operating at a loss and from 1886 sought to merge
2387-484: The Town Docks (Railway Dock) was built in 1846 just north of the terminus of the then recently opened Hull and Selby Railway . The first dock in Hull east of the River Hull (Victoria Dock) was constructed between 1845 and 1850; this became the main dock for timber trade and was expanded in the next two decades including the construction of large timber ponds. In 1860, a rival company, the West Dock Company,
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2464-482: The branch dock, which was enabled by the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Act, 1845. The Railway Dock was connected on the west side of the Humber Dock to the north of Kingston Street and was smaller than the other town docks. The dock of 13,130 sq ft (1,220 m ), approximately 716 by 165 feet (218 by 50 m) was constructed at a cost of £106,000. It opened on 3 December 1846. The Dock Company's engineer
2541-502: The company into a larger organisation—the obvious choice being the North Eastern Railway. In 1891, the Dock Company approached the North Eastern for capital to improve its Albert Dock, leading to the North Eastern Railway acquiring the shares and debts of the Dock Company in exchange for its shares. Instead of improving Albert Dock, the North Eastern decided to expend a much greater sum on a new dock, east of Alexandra Dock; however,
2618-475: The dock closed in 1968 and in 1984 became part of Hull Marina. After the construction of Junction Dock in 1825, the port and its trade continued to grow substantially, leading to the requirement for a new dock. In 1838, an independent company, the Queen's Dock Company, was formed to promote a new dock. The new dock, of around 12 acres (4.9 ha), to be called the Queen's Dock, was designed by James Oldham for
2695-471: The dock was 1,703 by 254 ft (519 by 77 m) long by wide, the lock 200 by 36.5 feet (61.0 by 11.1 m) long by wide at its extremities, and 24.5 feet (7.5 m) deep, the lock river basin was 212 by 80 feet (65 by 24 m) in dimension. 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
2772-522: The dock was formally opened on 22 September 1778. The lock required rebuilding in the 1780s to prevent total collapse, and in 1814 the lock and basin were rebuilt under the guidance of John Rennie the Elder with George Miller as resident engineer. The lock was rebuilt of brick with pozzuolana mortar, faced with Bramley Fall stone. After rebuilding the lock was 120.75 by 38 feet (36.80 by 11.58 m) long by wide, with 24.5 feet (7.5 m) height above
2849-401: The dock. By the second half of the 20th century, both ponds had been filled in creating timber yards and sidings; this pattern of use was retained until closure. One major use of the dock was for the trade in timber. There were also facilities for cattle imports including abattoirs and cold storage; coal was also exported through the dock. Salt End Salt End or Saltend is
2926-538: The flow of the river. After both reports had been provided in early 1773 the Corporation and Customs soon agreed to proceed with the plan. With limited opposition only on the grounds of the effect on drainage, an act for the construction was obtained in 1774. The Old Dock, the first dock in Hull, was built between 1775 and 1778 to a design by Henry Berry and John Grundy, Jr.; Luke Holt acted as resident engineer, appointed on John Smeaton's recommendation. As built
3003-506: The largest producer of these chemicals in Europe. Acetic acid is used in VAM, PTA esters and other intermediates and acetic anhydride is used in cellulose acetate and chemical derivatives. INEOS bought out the vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and Ethyl acetate (ETAC) plants from BP in March 2007. The VAM plant was closed down in 2013 with the loss of 18 jobs. INEOS had invested £40 million in
3080-471: The locks, with inverted, arched bottoms. While the cofferdam used in the construction of the northern lock was being dismantled a leak caused the undermining and collapse of around 60 feet (18 m) of the Old dock wall; the removal of debris was done using a diving bell , and the wall repaired with piling. The dock opened in 1829 and was 645 ft (197 m) long and 407 ft (124 m) wide, with
3157-403: The mid-1700s the overcrowding of ships on the River Hull, or Old Harbour, had reached such an extent that vessels were being damaged, in addition to causing delays in handling and shipping. Therefore, some tentative investigations were begun into expanding the facilities at Hull. It was not until the later 1760s that the Hull Corporation acted and employed surveyors to search for a suitable site for
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3234-556: The north-west corner of the eastern timber pond (No. 2) was filled in c. 1900 because of changes to the railway layout north of the dock. In the late 1930s, the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) closed the entrance to No. 2 pond and partially filled in its south side, and expanded timber storage and sidings for the dock to the east over the site of the former shipyard of Earle's Shipbuilding, as part of wider improvements to rail connected timber handling facilities at
3311-464: The odours emanating from the plant, local people in Preston and Hedon have employed solicitors to bring about legal action over the smell. Nippon Gohsei produce ethyl-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) on site. The EVOH line at Salt End is the largest in the world and is marketed under the brand name SOARNOL. The product is an alternative packing material composed of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. When
3388-420: The old town of Hull an island bounded by the three docks, a river and an estuary, and built roughly along the lines of the old fortifications between Beverley and Myton gates , as set out in the 1802 act. It was designed by James Walker with Thomas Thorton and later John Timperley as resident engineer. The construction cost £186,000. The dock walls were similar in design to those of Humber Dock, as were
3465-432: The piles. The alluvium excavated during the dock construction was deposited mostly on land to the north, raising the ground by 5 feet (1.5 m)—the land was later sold for building upon. Some of the work proved inadequate, requiring reconstruction later. Issues with weak ground led to displacement bulging of the dock's walls in 1776 before the dock had been completed. Both Holt and Berry had recommended extra piling at
3542-567: The plant but it couldn't make a profit against cheaper imports from the United States and Saudi Arabia. The Ethyl acetate (ETAC) is still in production with ETAC being used in printing inks, glues, paints, packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Vivergo Fuels was a joint venture between BP, Associated British Foods and DuPont , with a 500,000 tonnes (550,000 tons) per year wheat-to- bioethanol plant at Saltend (although BP later sold its stake to Associated British Foods which gave them
3619-412: The proposal was opposed by both the Hull and Barnsley, and the Hull Corporation. The Dock Company and NER were legally amalgamated in 1893; one of the clauses of the Act of Parliament allowing the merger stipulated that about £500,000 would be spent on dock improvements over the next seven years. Clauses in the 1893 amalgamation bill protecting the Hull and Barnsley company prevented the NER from creating
3696-423: The same design as used in the new Humber Dock—the new basin was 213 feet (65 m) long, narrowing from 80.5 to 71 feet (24.5 to 21.6 m) wide from top to bottom. Both the lock and the basin were re-opened on 13 November 1815. The dock was called The Dock until the construction of further docks, when it was called The Old Dock. It was officially named the Queen's Dock in 1855. The dock closed in 1930 and
3773-403: The same interests were unwilling to see the focus of trade shift away from the west bank where they were already established. In the early 1770s, John Grundy was contracted by agriculturalists owning land reliant on the drainage of the River Hull to assess the impact of the proposed new quay on the River Hull. Grundy's report of 1772 suggested either widening the river, or using the channel behind
3850-503: The same shaft). The waste product of electricity generation is steam at the rate of about 120 tonnes/h which is sold to BP Chemicals to use in their process. This makes Salt End one of the most efficient power stations in the UK. The plant is scheduled to use hydrogen from steam reformed natural gas for 30% of its power. In June 2009 the Environment Agency issued an environmental permit to Waste Recycling Group for
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#17327721433824004-518: The sills; the depth of water being between 15 and 20 ft (4.6 and 6.1 m) depending on the tide. At the entrance to the dock a double drawbridge of the Dutch type, counterbalanced for ease of use, allowed people to cross the lock. The main part of the bridge was cast iron, built by Ayden and Etwell of the Shelf Iron Works (Bradford). The lock basin was rebuilt at the same time, to
4081-469: The site until March 2017 when Teesside based PX Group took over the day to day running of the park. The Humber industrial region emits 12 million tonnes of CO 2 per year; the biggest in the UK . As of 2024, Salt End is ranked among the top 50 largest industrial parks by total investment. The BP acetyl plants at Salt End produce about 900,000 tonnes (890,000 long tons; 990,000 short tons) of acetic acid and acetic anhydride per year, making BP
4158-399: The site in 1921. In 1930 the site was expanded to produce acetic acids from alcohol which were eventually closed down by BP in 1990. In April 1967, BP bought the distillery at Salt End outright. In 1989, Air Products and Yara started operations on the site with Air Products providing raw material for use on site and Yara producing ammonia which it started shipping around Europe. In 2000,
4235-459: The siting of a second dock in 1793. All three considered a dock in the southern end of the ditch of the city walls, and a dock on the site of Hull Citadel, also known as the Garrison. Two reports recommended the new dock be sited in the town ditch and proposed a canal connecting the old and new dock. The Dock Company then commissioned John Hudson and John Longbotham to examine and cost a dock in
4312-445: The softer ground areas but had been over-ruled. Subsequent movement of the walls proved additional piling was necessary. By 1778 some parts of the dock walls were displaced from their proper position by 3 feet (0.9 m), exacerbated by poor wall design and its buttresses . Further issues occurred on the lock to the River Hull, and the north wall of the lock basin collapsed before construction had been completed. Despite these setbacks
4389-416: The tides. The lock was crossed by a two leaf swing bridge , 81 feet 9 inches (24.92 m) in total length, and 8 feet 3 inches (2.51 m) wide, made of cast iron, by Ayden and Etwell, with six main ribs supporting the roadway. The dock was first filled with water on 3 December 1808 and was formally opened on 30 June 1809. The cost of construction was split between the Dock Company,
4466-493: The town ditch, as well as other improvements. There was some delay in making the new dock a reality, partly due to the lethargy of the Dock Company, but by 1802 a bill had been passed in Parliament for the construction of a second dock—again following the path of the City walls, this time from Hessle gate roughly northwards. John Rennie and William Chapman were employed as engineers. They submitted an optimistic cost estimate for
4543-421: Was J. B. Hartley , also the engineer on the east dock. Its primary purpose was for the transfer of goods to and from the newly built Hull and Selby Railway, which had its passenger terminus just west of Humber Dock facing onto Railway Street, and its goods sheds north of this (see Manor House Street railway station ). Railway lines also ran from the goods shed to the Humber Dock. Like Humber Dock,
4620-580: Was announced that the plant would be restarted after the UK Government stated that E10 fuel would be introduced from September 2021. Salt End Power Station was commissioned in 2000 by Entergy an American power generator. It was later sold to Calpine Corporation, also an American power generator, in August 2001 for £562 million. In July 2005, Salt End was sold to International Power and Mitsui (70:30 share) for £500 million. The site
4697-417: Was asked to design plans for a dock, and proceedings for a bill in Parliament were begun at the end of that year. The dock's main aim was to accommodate the increased timber trade, freeing up the town docks; alternative plans were also considered including a west dock, and the conversion of the Old Harbour (River Hull) into a dock. Walker's dock was broadly similar to the built dock, with entrances onto both
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#17327721433824774-476: Was built by Mitsubishi (MHI) and Raytheon. The station is run on gas using single shaft 3 × Mitsubishi 701F gas Turbines machines with Alstom 400 MWe generators . The station has a total output of 1,200 MW; of that 100 MW is allocated to supply BP Chemicals. Each gas turbine has a Babcock Borsig Power (BBP) heat recovery steam generator , which all lead to one steam turbine per unit (single shaft machine means Gas turbine and Steam Turbine are on
4851-580: Was built connected to a new railway line constructed by the same company, the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company . In 1914, King George Dock was built jointly by the competing railway companies, the Hull and Barnsley company and the North Eastern Railway ; this was extended in 1969 by the Queen Elizabeth Dock extension. As of 2016 Alexandra is being modernised for use in wind farm construction, with
4928-528: Was completed in 1809 at a cost of £220,000. Mud from the excavations was used to make new ground on the banks of the Humber, with the upper clay stratum also used to manufacture bricks for the works. The dock entrance was from the Humber via an outer basin with piers. The dock itself was 914 ft (279 m) long and 342 ft (104 m) wide, the lock was 158 ft (48 m) long and 42 ft (13 m) wide. The depth of water varied from 21 to 26 ft (6.4 to 7.9 m) seasonally depending on
5005-444: Was completed in 1850 at a cost of £300,000. The Dock Company's engineer for this project was J. B. Hartley; the plan was similar in overall form to that of James Walker's design. The formal laying of the foundation stone took place on 5 November 1845, and the formal opening on 3 July 1850, with the dock given the name Victoria Dock, in honour of Queen Victoria . The dock had an area of about 12.83 acres (5.19 ha), with
5082-660: Was delayed for several months, but in August 2011 it restarted. Protests at the gate of the Salt End site were heavily policed owing to severe disruption of the site and the road network to the east of Kingston upon Hull. The plant's closure was announced in September 2018 with lower than expected market demand for ethanol in petrol fuel due to the UK government maintaining the mandated blend at 5% by volume rather than increasing to 10% as had been expected. But in February 2021 it
5159-478: Was expanded eastwards by 8 acres (3.2 ha), plus another timber pond (No. 2) of 12 acres (4.9 ha) east of the dock. The original timber pond (No. 1) east of the Half Tide Basin was extended through land reclaimed from the Humber. In 1875, the extent of the two ponds was 14 and 8 acres (5.7 and 3.2 ha) respectively. The western boundary of the dock was defined by the Hull Citadel, which
5236-463: Was formed by the Transport Act 1962 . In 1981, the company was privatised by the Transport Act 1981 , and Associated British Ports was formed. Later that year, the docks were struck by an F0/T0 tornado on 23 November, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day. The tornado was very weak, with damage remaining limited as a result; a second, stronger tornado struck Hull's north-eastern residential suburbs later that day. By
5313-422: Was formed to promote and build new docks suitable for the increasing amounts of trade and the growing size of steam ships; the scheme was supported by the Hull Corporation, Hull Trinity House, the North Eastern Railway (NER) and various individuals in Hull. The site for the planned dock was on the Humber foreshore to the west of the River Hull. The Dock Company then proposed a larger dock in the same position, which
5390-465: Was onto the Humber. From an outer basin it led via two parallel locks to the Half Tide Basin, and then to the dock itself. The second entrance was onto the River Hull south of the entrance to the Old Dock and of Drypool Bridge; it had an outer lock which opened directly to a second locked area known as Drypool Basin. The first timber pond was added soon after the construction of the dock. In 1845,
5467-665: Was opened in May 1914 when the North Eastern Railway Company built jetties connected to its railway system 1 mile (1.6 km) east of King George Dock. The first ship to dock there was carrying 3,000 imperial gallons (14,000 L; 3,600 US gal) of benzene and thereafter, oil came to be imported at the site with the Asiatic Petroleum Company ( Shell ) and the Anglo Mexican Company (Shell Mex) with BP joining
5544-459: Was opened to serve the newly built Hull and Selby Railway . The first dock east of the river, Victoria Dock, opened in 1850. Docks along the banks of the Humber to the west were begun in 1862 with the construction of the West Dock, later Albert Dock. The William Wright extension opened in 1880, and a dock further west, St Andrew's Dock, opened in 1883. In 1885, Alexandra Dock, a new eastern dock
5621-485: Was passed in 1774 allowing the Dock Company to raise up to £100,000 by shares and loans; thus Hull's first dock (the Old Dock) (a wet dock ) began construction. Three docks, known as the Town Docks, which followed the path of the town walls, were constructed by the company between 1778 and 1829: The Old Dock, later Queen's Dock, (1778), Humber Dock (1809), and Junction Dock, later Prince's Dock, (1829). An extension of
5698-551: Was sanctioned by an Act of Parliament in 1861 This dock was known as the Western Dock until its opening in 1869 when it was named Albert Dock; an extension, William Wright Dock, was opened 1880. A third dock (St Andrew's Dock) on the Humber foreshore west of the William Wright Dock was opened in 1883. The three docks were ideally suited for trans-shipment by rail as they were directly south of and parallel with
5775-509: Was sold to the Corporation for £100,000. It was subsequently infilled and converted to ornamental gardens known as Queen's Gardens . Since the entrance to the Old Dock was via the River Hull, there were still problems with ships accessing the dock through the crowded river. In 1781, a canal was proposed to connect the Old Dock to the Humber. In general, sea-borne trade was still growing. Customs commissioned three independent reports from Thomas Morris , William Jessop , and Joseph Huddart on
5852-554: Was sold to the Dock company and demolished in 1864. The site was then used for timber storage. Part of the former Citadel land was used by Martin Samuelson and Company (later Humber Iron Works) for shipbuilding, and later by Cook, Welton & Gemmell (from 1883 to 1902). C. & W. Earle also had shipbuilding facilities (established 1851) on the banks of the Humber adjacent to and south of Victoria Dock. Part of
5929-424: Was that the Dock Company would build a third dock between the Old and Humber docks when the average tonnage of goods unloaded at the docks reached a certain level. This condition was satisfied in 1825. The required Act of Parliament had already been passed in 1824, and construction of the third dock began in 1826. This dock, Junction Dock, was constructed between, and connected to the Old and Humber Docks. This made
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