Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Issue 49Deighton and Laughton, 1895 - Humanities |
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... feet to thirty feet at low water of spring tides , where " great ships put out part of their lading to lighten them for sailing over the flats into Liverpool . " From this Hoylake anchorage William III embarked for Ireland in 1690 ...
... feet to thirty feet at low water of spring tides , where " great ships put out part of their lading to lighten them for sailing over the flats into Liverpool . " From this Hoylake anchorage William III embarked for Ireland in 1690 ...
Page 86
... feet , and the Rock Channel four feet . No parliamentary power to erect and maintain lighthouses seems to have been obtained until the year 1761 , when by 2 George III . the corporation were empowered to purchase land for the purpose ...
... feet , and the Rock Channel four feet . No parliamentary power to erect and maintain lighthouses seems to have been obtained until the year 1761 , when by 2 George III . the corporation were empowered to purchase land for the purpose ...
Page 89
... feet as the least water , and the others with three feet . These channels were buoyed after the method which has become the uniform system recently adopted by all maritime countries , which recognises the advantage of distinguishing ...
... feet as the least water , and the others with three feet . These channels were buoyed after the method which has become the uniform system recently adopted by all maritime countries , which recognises the advantage of distinguishing ...
Page 90
... feet over it at low water of spring tides , and its outer edge was five and three - quarter miles from the Formby Lighthouse , which displayed a fixed light of the natural colour . In addition to the above , a floating light was also ...
... feet over it at low water of spring tides , and its outer edge was five and three - quarter miles from the Formby Lighthouse , which displayed a fixed light of the natural colour . In addition to the above , a floating light was also ...
Page 92
... feet upon it at low water of spring tides , was a quarter of a mile wide by three quarters of a mile long , and was six miles distant from the disused Formby Lighthouse . In 1840 the Clarence was still the northernmost dock , as in 1833 ...
... feet upon it at low water of spring tides , was a quarter of a mile wide by three quarters of a mile long , and was six miles distant from the disused Formby Lighthouse . In 1840 the Clarence was still the northernmost dock , as in 1833 ...
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