Year
1866
Description
Launched on 14th April, a wooden (jarrah) ‘floating dock’ to service ships up to 400 tons deadweight, measuring 129 feet long by 30 feet wide (39m x 9m) was in use until c1900. It rotted and sank in 1914 east of the Town Jetty, and was later blasted, finally being covered by landfill.
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