Workington Harbour (Transfer) Act 1869
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1869 c. xiv |
| Year | 1869 |
[32 VICT.] Workington Harbour {Transfer) Act, 1869. [Ch. xiv.]
CHAP. xiv.
An Act to transfer the Harbour of Workington from the trus-
A.D.
1869.
tees thereof to the Right Honourable William Earl of
Lonsdale ; to authorize the improvement and extension of
that harbour; and for other purposes. [13th May 1869.]
HEKEAS by an Act passed in the session of the third and
fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled
" An Act for regulating and preserving the harbour of Workington 3
&
4 Vict.
" in the county of Cumberland, and for other purposes relating c* v'
" thereto," (and in this Act referred to as the Act of 1840,) the
lord of the manor of Workington for the time being, the lord
of the manor of Seaton for the time being, and certain other
persons in that Act named, and the survivors and survivor of them,
were appointed, the first trustees for carrying into execution the
several purposes of that Act, and provision was made in that Act
for the appointment at stated periods and from time to time of
persons to act with the lord of the manor of Workington for the
time being and the lord of the manor of Seaton for the time being,
as the successors of such first trustees in the office of trustees for
improvJLng the harbour of Workington :
And whereas by the same Act of 1840 the limits of the harbour
of Workington were (by section 50) defined as being comprised
within the bounds and limits in that Act mentioned, and which
bounds and limits are also set forth in the plans deposited as in this
Act mentioned; that is to say, " Beginning at the south-eastern
" extremity of the old woodwork or piece of broken-down quay
" adjoining to the south-eastern extremity of the breast wall of the
" present south quay, and extending from thence in a south-
" western direction fifty feet or thereabouts to the north corner
" or angle of the wall of a certain yard or piece of inclosed ground
" belonging to Michael Falcon, esquire, and lately occupied as a
" timber and shipbuilding yard; thence in a straight line down-
"" wards towards the sea to a point which is distant fifty feet from
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[Gh. Xiv.] WorUngton Harbour (Trmsfer) Act, 1869. [32 VICT.]
A.D.
1869. « the said breast wall of the said present south quay, and at a
' ' " distance of ninety-eight feet from the above-mentioned extremity
" of the wall of the aforesaid yard; thence a distance of nine
" hundred and sixty-five feet north-westwards in a line a little
" curved but parallel with the breastwork of the said quay, and at
" the uniform distance of fifty feet from the said breastwork;
" thence in a straight line to the eastern extremity of the wall
" which supports the hurries on the south side of the said harbour;
" thence along the said wall to the north-east corner of the harbour-
" house, being a distance of three hundred and eighty-nine feet,
" or thereabouts; thence along the north side of the harbour-house
" and custom-house to the north-west corner of the said custom-
" house, being a distance of one hundred feet and a
half,
or
" thereabouts ; thence in a straight line to and along the wall
" which supports the hurry on the south side of the dock to a
" point directly opposite to the south-east corner of the ship-
" building yard of Messieurs Falcon and Alexander, being a
" distance of three hundred and fifty-six feet or thereabouts from
" the above-mentioned corner of the said custom-house; thence to
" the said south-east corner of the said shipbuilding yard, being a
" distance of twenty-one feet or thereabouts; thence in a curved
" line along the eastern boundary of the said shipbuilding yard
" to the point where the same adjoins the shipbuilding yard of
" Messieurs William Peile, Scott, and Company, being a distance
" of two hundred and thirty-three feet and a
half,
or thereabouts;
" thence along the south-east boundary fence of the said last-
" mentioned shipbuilding yard of Messieurs "William Peile, Scott,
" and Company, one hundred and eight feet or thereabouts; thence
" in a straight line across the slip belonging to the last-mentioned
" yard in an oblique direction towards the east, sixty feet or there-
" abouts, to the south corner of the paling or fence of the said yard
" next adjoining to the said slip, on the north-east side
thereof;
" thence in a straight line one hundred and twenty feet to a point
" on the north-west side of the jetty or quay forming the entrance
" to the dock; thence in a straight line three hundred and forty-
" four feet or thereabouts to a point on the eastern side of the
" south pier distant ninety-six feet from the north wall of the said
" last-mentioned building yard; thence along the eastern side
" of the said south pier to the southern extremity
thereof,
being a
" distance of sixty-nine feet or thereabouts; thence along the
" western side of the said pier, down towards the sea, one hundred
" and eight feet; thence westerly in a direction pointing to the
" principal capstan four hundred and sixty-eight feet; thence in a
" south-west direction to the south corner of a house or building
" called the 'spile house,' being a distance of one hundred and
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