Name: | SUNDERLAND DOCK |
Type: | Pontoon Dock |
Launched: | 20/01/1903 |
Completed: | 05/1903 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 277 |
Dimensions: | 350.0 x 63.5 x 35.0ft (extreme measurements) |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1903 | SP Austin & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
1966 | Unknown owner, Overseas |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Designed by Clark & Standfield, London |
3600ton lifting capacity | |
Also known as Austin's Pontoon | |
03/06/1966: Left Sunderland for Holland |
Above photo of the dock arriving at Sunderland is courtesy of Paul Hood
Above photo of the dock arriving at Sunderland is courtesy of Paul Hood
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo shows one half of the dock lifting the other half
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo shows one half of the dock lifting the other half. Photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above cutting from the Sunderland Echo is courtesy of Tony Frost
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 21/01/1903
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 18/05/1903
Sunderland Daily Echo, Friday, 29/05/1903