Item #31417 Proposals for Improvement and Extension of Dock Accommodation in the Port of London. PORT OF LONDON.

Proposals for Improvement and Extension of Dock Accommodation in the Port of London.

London. Port of London Authority. [1910]. Hardcover. folio. 33cm, 25p., plus 5 diagrams (3 folding) & 2 large coloured folding maps, in the original quarter blue cloth backed printed paper over boards, Port Authority crest on front, covers damp stained, slightly buckled (or dished) along the bottom third, internally content are near fine (not stained as one might expect), very rare (sgc). ~ A detailed proposal to modernize the London Docks presented by F. Palmer, Chief Engineer of the Port of London Authority. The Report gives a history of the Docks along with comparisons of ports in Antwerp, Hamburg, Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Immingham, Newport and Cardiff. The proposals are accompanied with estimates of cost. Item #31417

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