The Artizan . ndel, was a change—or rather adesire on the part of the new chief to effect a change—in the generaldesign of the work; and thus we find the Birkenhead Dock Trust beforeParliament again in 1852, seeking powers to deviate from the plansformerly sanctioned, and, as a matter of course, to raise more money. Mr. Abernethys ground of objection to the original design was thelow water basin which, he maintained, could not be kept open by MrRendels proposed subaqueous sluicing, and he therefore proposed totransform that basin into a half-tide dock, to be provided with twoentrances, fitted
The Artizan . ndel, was a change—or rather adesire on the part of the new chief to effect a change—in the generaldesign of the work; and thus we find the Birkenhead Dock Trust beforeParliament again in 1852, seeking powers to deviate from the plansformerly sanctioned, and, as a matter of course, to raise more money. Mr. Abernethys ground of objection to the original design was thelow water basin which, he maintained, could not be kept open by MrRendels proposed subaqueous sluicing, and he therefore proposed totransform that basin into a half-tide dock, to be provided with twoentrances, fitted with single gates on the river side, and to communicatewith the great float by means of two locks. / This design, with all the previous ones, as well as Mr. Hartleys,,according to which the works have been carried out, is illustrated in theaccompanying woodcuts, fig. 1 being Telfords; fig. 2, Lairds ; fig. 3,Rendels; fig. 4, Abernethys; fig. 5, Captain Maughans; and fig. 6(page 222), Hartleys. Laibd, Abbenetht, 1851.
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