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The dock was extended by about 10 acres (4.0 ha) after the Hull Dock Company was taken over by the North Eastern Railway, with work beginning in 1894. This work included the construction of slipways for boat repair. [23] The new dock, St Andrew's Dock Extension, was connected at the west end via a channel; the slipways were at the far west end ...
English: Russian Outrage on the Hull fishing fleet on 22 October 1904, otherwise known as the 'Dogger Bank incident', the 'North Sea Incident', or the 'Incident of Hull', showing shell-damaged returned trawlers in St Andrews Dock, Hull.
Pages in category "Docks in Kingston upon Hull" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... St Andrew's Dock; U. Union Dock, Hull; V.
Dairycoates is located roughly halfway between the town centres of Hull and Hessle, at the western edge of the Hessle Road urban area, and its junction with the A1166; Gipsyville is immediately to the west, and contains the Dairycoates Industrial Estate; the two areas are separated by the Hull to Selby railway line which runs to Paragon station and the Hull Docks.
Starting in 1989, every January or February, there is a Lost Trawlermen's Memorial Day held at St Andrew's Dock in Hull. The service remembers the 6,000 men who died at sea whilst engaged in fishing. The number of dead only accounts for those lost at sea who sailed from Hull and the time of year is intended as that was hen most ships were lost ...
[126] [n 15] After acquiring the Dock Company the NER began improvements to the docks, St Andrew's Dock was expanded (1894), [127] and in 1904 work began on a new wharf for the fruit trade, and for passenger steamers: the Riverside Quay which included its own passenger station was completed between 1907 and 1911. All the new works were rail ...
The Dock Offices building is so-named as it is the former headquarters of the Hull Dock Company, which operated all docks in Hull until 1893. [3] Built in 1872, it is a Grade II* listed building [4] [5] and a striking example of Victorian architecture. [3] The building stands in Queen Victoria Square, opposite the Queen's Gardens, in Hull's ...
Lillian Bilocca (née Marshall; 26 May 1929 – 3 August 1988) was a British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in the fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries" – a group of fishermen's family members.