. Cassier's magazine . outhern system ofdocks. At the northern part of theestate the Canada and Sandon en-trances are the main inlets, and theformer are regularly used by theCunarders Mauretania and Lusitaniawhen they dock—not always possi-ble, owing to the current of the tidesin the Mersey. The next and south-ernmost dock is the HerculaneumDock, where coaling appliances havebeen provided in the shape of quick-tipping hydraulic cranes. The maincoaling location on the Liverpool sideis situated at the Wellington andBramley-Moore Docks, where theHigh Level Coal Railway, connectedwith the main lin
. Cassier's magazine . outhern system ofdocks. At the northern part of theestate the Canada and Sandon en-trances are the main inlets, and theformer are regularly used by theCunarders Mauretania and Lusitaniawhen they dock—not always possi-ble, owing to the current of the tidesin the Mersey. The next and south-ernmost dock is the HerculaneumDock, where coaling appliances havebeen provided in the shape of quick-tipping hydraulic cranes. The maincoaling location on the Liverpool sideis situated at the Wellington andBramley-Moore Docks, where theHigh Level Coal Railway, connectedwith the main line system of theLancashire & Yorkshire Railway, hasbeen provided with seven quick-act-ing tipping cranes. There are, how-ever, now twTo kinds of floatingbarges in use for bunkering directinto the coalholds of steamers, andare much in evidence and request byshipowners who do not wish theirships to dock. These are the Reatransporter and the Clarke coalingtower, and, though a minute descrip- THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 211. ROOF CRANES IN USE AT LIVERPOOL DOCKS tion of their modus operandi cannotbe given here, it may be said that theprinciple is that of loading the coalinto attendant barge and then tip-ping it into the bunkers of the steam-ers by means of bucket the extreme end of the Liverpoolestate accommodation has been pro-vided for the petroleum trade, andmagazines, hewn out of the solidrock of the cliffs adjoining the southand east side of the HerculaneumDock, each capable of storing 10,-ooo barrels of petroleum, have beenleased to various parties in the oiltrade. There are sixty magazinesall together, and each has been pro-vided with a moat, and the doors are4j4 feet above the road level, sothat in case of accident the contentswill fill the moat. The docks on the Cheshire side ofthe river are also included in theport of Liverpool and extend inlandfor a distance of nearly three chief of these are the East andWest Floats, Wallasey, Morpeth andAlfred Docks, t
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