. Cassier's magazine . made. Ithas been provided specially for theAtlantic passenger traffic, thoughnearly every passenger ship that en-ters or leaves the port makes use ofit. The whole structure is a floatingstage, first built in 1847, DUt recon-structed after having been destroyedby fire in 1874. It is 2,748 feet long,and has an average width of 80 main structure is carried on ironpontoons, about 200 in number, each80 feet wide by 10 feet long and 6feet deep, arranged at right anglesto the length of the stage. On thesefive box girders are placed longi-tudinally 4 to 5 feet deep, and
. Cassier's magazine . made. Ithas been provided specially for theAtlantic passenger traffic, thoughnearly every passenger ship that en-ters or leaves the port makes use ofit. The whole structure is a floatingstage, first built in 1847, DUt recon-structed after having been destroyedby fire in 1874. It is 2,748 feet long,and has an average width of 80 main structure is carried on ironpontoons, about 200 in number, each80 feet wide by 10 feet long and 6feet deep, arranged at right anglesto the length of the stage. On thesefive box girders are placed longi-tudinally 4 to 5 feet deep, and abovethese are placed deck beams of ironrunning across them about 4 feetfrom centre to centre. On the topof these ordinary deck planking oftwo thicknesses is bolted, the wholeforming a continuous deck. Thestage is held in position by a numberof bridges, connected with the shoreand stage by swivel joints and alsoby mooring chains, the shore ends ofwhich are fixed in the river deck of the stage is about 8 feet. GARSTON DOCK, SHOWING NEW ENTRANCE CHANNEL TO THE STALBRIDGE DOCK THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 215
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