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Dublin Graving Dock — Alexandra Road

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Dublin Graving Dock — Alexandra Road
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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.

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