Survey Data
Reg No
50060588
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Dry dock
In Use As
Dry dock
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
318444, 234760
Date Recorded
01/10/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Rectangular-plan poured concrete graving dock, built c.1910. Approximately fifteen metres deep, with steeply-sloping walls, and having flights of concrete steps to both sides. Two sets of large steel sluice gates divide dock in two, with timber walk boards. Some cast-iron mechanisms around perimeter still extant. Coursed and squared rubble limestone walls and square-capped piers to northern site boundary. Located at west end of Dublin Port, area largely comprising modern industrial and maritime buildings, interspersed with patches of wasteland.
Appraisal
A large-scale graving dock built in the early twentieth century and still in use today. The scale is impressive, and the dock is an important part of the industrial heritage of Dublin Port.