Description

A M Rendel and G Robertson, engineers, 1869. Rectangular-shaped wet dock with masonry walls, 1100 ft long, 450 ft wide; 2 masonry slipways to E. Stone flagged and setted quayside with bollards, railway tracks and 3 travelling cranes (8 ton, 1950). Cast-iron, plate girder parallel swing bridge to W with post and chain barriers to perimeter and gearing house kiosk flanking.

Statement of Interest

The Albert Dock was the first dock in Scotland to be equipped with an hydraulic crane, which still survives today to the W and is a Scheduled Monument. The swing bridge is at NT 2718 7695; there is a further swing bridge to E listed with the Edinburgh Dock, crossing the area between basins.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811670

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)