Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 456
UDK: 600 eng - gl.
Volume I with 520 Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CONSTRUCTING THE CATTLE GALLERY.
The curved iron rails reinforce the concrete
walls of the quay.
From what has been said already it will be
apparent that electricity is a motive force of
primary importance at Fishguard. The light-
ing and heating are also electric. A gener-
ating station forms part of the equipment.
Subsidiary works include extensive fitting and
repairing shops, offices for the marine officials,
and a group of houses for the staff. These
houses have been erected on the top of the
cliffs, where the Great Western Railway pur-
chased an estate’ of 27 acres, part of which
has been planted with 80,000 pines to afford
FISHGUARD HARBOUR. 179
shelter to the dwellings. On the estate a
400,000-gallon reservoir, fed by adjacent
springs, provides a thoroughly efficient water
supply.
Dredging operations have been carried on
in the harbour, and there is ample depth of
water in all parts to accommodate safely vessels
of large draught at all states of the tide.
It is claimed that the harbour is singularly
free from fogs, none having occurred to inter-
fere with access thereto during a period of
three years. Another point of
interest relates to the means
adopted for securing reliable
data as to the weather in
and around the harbour. Instruments to
record the hourly variations in the direction
Weather=
recording
Instruments.
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE TWO MAIN ROUTES
FROM LONDON TO IRELAND.
THE COMPLETED CATTLE GALLERY.
and velocity of the wind were installed on
a high cliff, and the statistics for a period
of two years indicated the prevailing wind to
be S.S.W., or off-shore.
For the Fishguard-Rosslare service—the
main purpose for which the harbour was con-
structed—four magnificent turbine steamers
have been provided, named
appropriately St. George, St.
David, St. Patrick, and St.
Andrew. The principal dimen-
sions are : length, 350 feet; breadth, 41 feet;
depth, 17 feet 6 inches ; gross tonnage, 2,500
tons. They are of the awning deck type, hav-
ing lower deck, main deck, boat deck amid-
The
Fishguard
Liners.