Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 169,142 pages of information and 247,663 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Douglas Pier

From Graces Guide

Isle of Man.

  • Length, 1000ft.;
  • Length of enlargement at entrance, 30ft.
  • Breadth of enlargement at entrance, 24ft.;
  • Length of body, 880ft. ;
  • Brendth of body, 17ft.:
  • Length of head, 90ft. ;
  • Breadth of head, 40ft. ;
  • Greatest depth or water at low spring tides 2ft.;
  • Total cost, £6000;
  • Price per foot super, 6s. 2 3/4d. ;
  • Price per foot forward, £6.
  • The body of this pier is composed of two parallel plate girders 18in. by 3/8th in. by 30ft. long supported on 9 in cast iron piles. [1]

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