PIERHEADS, QUAYS, AND LANDING-STAGES.
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Liverpool Floating Landing-stage.—The Liverpool stage, of which
illustrations are given in figs. 199-201, showing the arrangement of the pon-
toons and decking, is 2478 feet long by 80 feet wide. It has eight bridges
connecting it with the shore, and, in addition, a floating bridge 550 feet long
by 35 feet wide, by means of which an easy incline for goods traffic is main-
tained at all states of the tide, which, during springs, has a maximum range
of about 30 feet. The constructive arrangement of the stage is evident from
the figures.