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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 2199
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former site of a Cranes, Wellington Dock, Dover

Summary

The site of 5 cranes (not incluing the surviving example) are labelled on historic OS plans dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries on ground boardering Wellington Dock, Dover. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TR 3179 4094
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • CRANE (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD? to 1929 AD?)

Full description

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The site of 5 cranes (not incluing the surviving example) are labelled on historic OS plans dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries on ground boardering Wellington Dock, Dover. Though it's type is unknown, the surviving contemporary example located on Wellington Dock is a Fairburn Type Crane. By the time the Fourth Edition OS was surveyed, the crane had been removed. (1-3)


<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<2> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. [Mapped feature: #99621 Cranes, ]
<2>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.

Related records

TR 34 SW 498Part of: WELLINGTON DOCK AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES, INCLUDING CRANE SITUATED ON ESPLANADE QUAY (Listed Building)