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Lowestoft New Graving-Dock

Among the latest improvements and additions to the port of Lowestoft is the new Graving or Dry Dock, constructed under the direction of Mr. G. P. Bidder, civil engineer. The following are its principal dimensions: -Length, 244 feet; breadth, 47 1/2 feet; depth of water at spring-tides, 15 feet. It can be filled in an hour and a half and pumped out in two hours and a half. The North of Europe Steam Navigation Company's ship Hamburg, of 700 tons, and 250-horse power, was safely docked on the 26th of April, the day of the opening, in an hour and a quarter.

A Graving-dock has, for some time past, been considered a great desideratum for steam-vessels frequenting the harbour, and especially in the winter months, when many vessels, requiring to discharge their cargoes and under go repairs, seek this port as a harbour of refuge, it being the most easy of access to the eastern coast, but have hitherto been obliged to proceed to other ports, having undergone only temporary repairs.

Our Engraving is from an excellent sketch forwarded to us by Mr. Weeds, of Lowestoft.

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Caption: New Graving Dock at Lowestoft. - (See Preceding Page.)