Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Port of Hull" in English language version.
The Victoria Dock, which is on the east side of the River Hull, communicates through its basin with the River Humber to the south, and it is also intended, and by the last recited act required, to communicate with the River Hull or Old Harbour to the west by means of a cut or communication which is not yet completed, but which is in the course of construction, and is expected to be completed in about a year. Upon the completion of that cut or communication, vessels entering the Victoria Dock basin from the Humber, will be able to pass through and use all the docks, and to return into the Humber by the Humber Dock basin, or vice versa
The 11 acre Queen's Dock was opened in 1778 and closed in 1930. The main dock was filled in to create Queen's Gardens and the dock basin was reused as a dry dock from 1957 up until the end of the 20th century.
... and when Victoria Dock was built in 1850 the dug out mud was used to reclaim even more land at the point. Martin Samuelson set up a shipyard in 1857 on this new piece of land ... 1864 the point was sold to the Humber Iron Works and Ship Building Company ... 1872 was bought by Bailey and Leetham Ship Owners ... 1903 it was bought by Thomas Wilson and Son
A river wall or quay [...] on the foreshore of the River Humber commencing at the south-eastern corner of the Albert Dock entrance and terminating at a point in the existing river wall or embankment about 20 yards east of a line drawn in a southerly direction from the western end of the Company's William Wright Dock. [...] (a) To deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve from time to time the bed, shores and channel of the River Humber adjoining or near to the said intended pier in the River Humber and the said intended river wall or quay at Kingston-upon-Hull. (b) To re-arrange, re-construct, alter and divert the existing railway sidings, bridges, staiths, roads, footpaths and other works [...]
Once part of Subway Street, it used to be the main road link off the fish docks. It was the scene of a massive explosion in 1970, which killed two people and left 17 others in hospital with serious burns, when a tanker carrying liquid gas struck the roof of the tunnel.
... and when Victoria Dock was built in 1850 the dug out mud was used to reclaim even more land at the point. Martin Samuelson set up a shipyard in 1857 on this new piece of land ... 1864 the point was sold to the Humber Iron Works and Ship Building Company ... 1872 was bought by Bailey and Leetham Ship Owners ... 1903 it was bought by Thomas Wilson and Son
Once part of Subway Street, it used to be the main road link off the fish docks. It was the scene of a massive explosion in 1970, which killed two people and left 17 others in hospital with serious burns, when a tanker carrying liquid gas struck the roof of the tunnel.
