OS1/11/83/43 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
WET DOCKS	Wet Docks Wet Docks Wet Docks	P. Dall Esq. Dock Superintendent Plan of the Docks 1852 City Plan 1847		[Situation] On the North Side of Commercial Street. Two substantially built Wet docks the property of the Leith Dock Commissioners. The Eastern dock next the tide harbour was begun in 1801 and finished in about six years, and in 1800 the Middle dock was begun and completed in 1817. Each of these docks is 250 yards in length and 100 yards broad, - both extending to upwards of two English Acres of Water and affording spaces sufficient to contain 150 ships of ordinary dimensions such as usually frequent the Port. To the North of the Wet docks are three dry or graving docks each 136 feet long and 45 feet wide at the bottom, while they increase in area at the top. The whole are constructed of the best and most durable materials and cost about £285.108 Compiled from Statistical Account.

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Parish of North Leith

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 12
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056

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