The Liverpool guide ; including a sketch of the environs ; with a map of the town : and directions for sea bathing / By W. Moss.

  • Moss, William
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Liverpool guide ; including a sketch of the environs ; with a map of the town : and directions for sea bathing / By W. Moss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The excavation of the docks has lately been ef- fected by the use of the wheel-barrow, running upon boarded stages, in different directions, and often to considerable extents, and of such acclivi- ties, as to permit a loaded barrow to be pushed be- fore a man, upwards. The labourers employed, are chiefly from north Wales; who, having been early accustomed to work in the mines of that , country, discover an alertnefs at this exercise, that is not equalled by any other clafs of labourers. < ^ The quays, piers, &c. are formed from the earth and rock dug out of the dock; the sand, gravel, ■ &c of the shore ; and of the waste materials of the ' quarry above. The walls are of stone from the ] quarry. The dock dues, paid for the entrance of ships, regulated by their tonnage, were; ■ 1. s. d. In 1724 1776 1786 810 11 6 5,064 10 10 7,508 0 1 In I7p6 1797 1800 1. s. 12,377 7 13,311 12 23,379 13 d. 7 8 6, which gives some idea of the progrefsive extension of the trade of the town.