Hayman Series 3 (Runcorn Docks)

The History of Runcorn Docks 1773-1973' by A. Hayman 1984 (typescript) DO NOT ISSUE

Appendix A

Sketch of Runcorn Docks float together with approximate dimensions

Appendix B

Series of extracts from the Runcorn and Weston Canal Act 1853

Extract from the Runcorn Canal Act 1857

Copy of the announcement of the official opening of the Runcorn and Weston Canal from the 'Warrington Guardian' 25 Feb 1860

Appendix C: Runcorn Docks traffic statistics

Weight of imports and exports 1863-1873, 1873-1884 and statistics of number of vessels, tonnage, etc. 1873-1884

Statement of number of craft passing through Runcorn Docks in 1884 to Liverpool, Ellesmere Port, Garston, Weston, Widnes and West Bank

Reports by P Seddon on traffic at Runcorn Docks for the years 1874 and 1875

Runcorn Dock traffic returns 1873-1878

Results of survey of the weight of pig iron sent to Manchester from Runcorn 1874-1876

Negotiations and summaries regarding traffic between Runcorn and the LNWR 1876

Tonnage statistics of transportation of potters' materials by rail and canal to the Potteries

Tonnage statistics 1900-1926 of imports via Runcorn from coastal traffic of aluminium, hydrite of alamina, china stone, china clay, ball clay, flints, pig iron, ochre and amber, road materials, slates, scrap iron, whiting and sundries

Tonnage statistics 1900-1926 of imports via Runcorn from foreign trade of horn, piths, bone ash, felspar, flints, grain and flour, glass sand, Jersey stone, scrap iron, timber, soda nitrate, coal, granite and sundries

Tonnage statistics 1900-1926 of exports from Runcorn Docks to coastal trade of coal, salt, pitch and sundries

Tonnage statistics 1900-1926 of exports from Runcorn Docks to foreign trade of coal, salt, pitch and sundries

Total tonnage statistics of trade passing through Runcorn 1900-1926

List of Runcorn's charges and particulars to traffic dealt with in the docks and also at Runcorn lay-bye 1935

Appendix D

Letter from ICI plc regarding the history of Runcorn Salt Works, bought by ICI after the Second World War

Appendix E

File regarding the proposed extension of the clay sheds and crate warehouses 1888-1889

Appendix F

Names of ships, cargoes and rates of freight between Nov 1891 and Apr 1892 from Fowey, Par, Bideford, Teignmouth, Charlestown, Plymouth, Pentewan, Poole, New Quay, Falmouth and Jersey to Runcorn

Appendix G

List of vessels going to and from Weston Point between Oct 1891 and Feb 1892 giving name, tonnage, origin and point of destination

Appendix H

Statistics of floor space available in the warehouses and sheds at Runcorn, n.d.

Appendix I

File of letters and reports concerning the temporary closure of Runcorn Docks between 1892 an d1893 for the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal

Appendix J

Report and related correspondence regarding traffic to Runcorn, Weston Point and Ellesmere Port, together with sea-going trade to Ellesmere in the 6 months ending Jun 1897

Appendix K

Description of the history and working of the Percival Lane power station at Runcorn owned before nationalisation in 1948 by the Mersey Power Company

Appendix L

Extract from the Bridgewater Canal Control Papers for the Ministry of War Transport listing, and giving the values of, barges, floats, lighters and derrick flats at Runcorn in Dec 1938

Appendix M

Preparatory brief to the Manchester Ship Canal Bill 1966 proposing the closure of the 'New Line' of docks, the 'Old Basin', the 'Graving Dock', 'Francis' and 'Arnold' Docks and the Runcorn and Weston Canal

Appendix N: newspaper cuttings

Cutting entitled 'It might have been the Great Port of Runcorn', source unknown, dated 1938, but probably 1940s

'Bridgewater Canal and Runcorn Docks' from 'Journal of Commerce' 30 Apr 1962

Supplement to the 'Liverpool Daily Post' 17 Jul 1968 promoting Runcorn; includes the article 'Runcorn Docks: all set for more trade' by A. Hayman, then manager of Runcorn Docks

Article about, and advertising for, Runcorn Docks from 'Journal of Commerce' 9 May 1969

'Finnish Company choose Runcorn for new service' from 'Journal of Commerce' 20 Jun 1969

Extract from 'Journal of Commerce' 11 Jul 1969 including a port survey of Runcorn and 3 articles: 'New Era for Runcorn Docks in the Shadow of the Modern Bridge'; 'Metric Line: fast regular service to Rotterdam - for the rest of the world'; 'engineers plan and supervise port improvement'

'Giant rollers beat dock record' - photocopy of a photograph and caption from the 'Runcorn Guardian' 17 Sep 1970 recording the export of iron rollers to Finland; also explanatory note on the above from A. Hayman, then Dock Manager, to the Manchester Ship Canal Company Public Relations Officer

Appendix O: plans

Runcorn Docks and Runcorn Locks 1893

Weston Point Docks 1958

Runcorn Docks prior to the Manchester Ship Canal Act of 1966

Runcorn Docks post 1966 after the filling-in of the 'New Line' docks and the Runcorn and Weston Canal

Appendix P: photographs

The Old Dock area

Bridgewater House

North Staffordshire narrow boats at Crate Warehouses, Runcorn

Crate Warehouses, Runcorn, later demolished 1950-1952

Scene at Runcorn c.1886 showing the docks crowded with schooners, including 'Tregummel' and 'Padstow'

Scene at the junction of the Tidal Dock and Alfred Dock showing both a sailing ship and an early steamer, early 1900s

Artist's impression of sailing ships in Alfred Dock, early 1900s

View of Alfred Dock showing the Alfred warehouses and sheds, c.1956

Schooners and stemers at Weston Point Docks, early 1900s

Scene at Alfred Dock showing the narrow apron to the sheds in which are berthed 2 dredging tugs

View north of Fenton Dock, after the removal of the coal tubs in the early 1950s, showing 2 berthed barges

North of Fenton Dock, showing in the background the petrochemical plant opened in 1951

Scene showing the construction of the roadway at the rear of Francis Shed 1953

View of Flint Wharf showing the discharging of 1400 tons of felspar and quartz from the SS Trollness in 1954; also shows the new retaining wall under construction

Four photographs illustrating the reconstruction of Tidal Dock and Flint Wharf after completion

Scene showing the discharging of china clay by tubs, using hydraulic crane and derrick flat, from the SS Moelfre Rose to the Alfred Dock sheds in 1954

Scene showing the discharging of china clay by tubs and hydraulic crane from the SS Empire Punch to Alfred Shed 1959

Two photographs showing the discharging of felspar and quartz by tub from the SS Trollness 1954

Tidal Dock, showing the discharging of a cargo of felspar at Flint Wharf, pre-1958; also shows the positon of South Pier bullnose, demolished in 1969

Discharging of lump china stone by tub from the SS 'Moelfre Rose' to Flint Wharf, c.1956

Discharging of lump china stone by tub and crane from a vessel, name unknown, c.1956

Discharging of china stone by the steam grabs tranferred from Manchester, c.1955

Discharging of crushed china stone by grab at Flint Wharf, c.1956

Discharging of crushed china clay by grab to hopper and thence by electric conveyor to a concrete barge in the Tidal Dock as a temporary store, c.1956

Discharging of crushed china stone from SS 'Serenity' by grab to hopper and thence by electric conveyor to temporary store in concrete barges

Discharging of China Stone by grabs into waiting lorries

Discharging of potash by grab; picture also shows dock workers in the hold trimming the load

Loading bags of wholewheat meal by crane from the Alfred Warehouse to the SS 'Mersey Coast'

Discharging of talc. in bags at Fenton Docks

Discharging of beech boules by mobile crane

Stacking of beech boules by mobile crane

Scene showing an early experiment in the use of pallets for loading a ship, c.1959

Loading of a pallet of salt into MV 'Helga Wehr' by crane, c.1959

Loading of ICI salt from trailers at South Fenton onto MV 'Valzell', 1966

Contact sheet of 12 frames showing the unloading of cargoes of felspar and potash and the loading of salt

Floating crane 'Runcorn'

Unloading of a ship by tub at Fenton Dock, c.1958

Transfer of cargo by crane from a ship to a temporary storage barge

MV 'Willem Barendsz' loading scrap metal at Fenton Dock by tub, c.1959

Discharging of a cargo of oyster shell in sacks by floating crane, c.195

Stacking of sacks of talc. in No.2 Bay, Fenton Sheds by mobile crane

First floor of Fenton Shed showing sacks of salt from the MV 'Dietert' being stacked in order, 1958

The roadway through the centre of Fenton Sheds showing a lorry and an MSC platform truck

The roadway through Fenton Sheds to beneath Alfred Warehouse showing a fork-lift truck loading a lorry

The bulk storage facility in Alfred Sheds showing the long term phosphate storage

Mast-type sack transfer apparatus, 1956

Du Pont Synthetic Fibres Limited

Discharging from MV 'Marwit' berthed in front of Albert Sheds

Mobile cranes discharging palletted cargo from the hold of MV 'Marwit'

Fork-lift trucks handling pallets in the hold of MV 'Marwit'

Fork-lift trucks stacking sacks on the back of a lorry in the shed roadway

Storage of material belonging to Du Pont after introduction of pallet racking

Container or heavy lift berth

Metric Line container ship 'Decimal' at berth

View of container compound and the 32 ton derrick crane; vehicles shown lined-up on the new dock roadway across the filled-in Francis Dock

Loading one of the 35 foot rollers for a papers mill in Finland, Sep 1970

Fenton Dock fully occupied by the vessels 'Jowinda', 'Karen Lindiger' and 'Cornelia BII' in 1967

Shipping in Fenton Dock, Apr 1970

Shipping in Fenton Dock, Alfred Dock and Tidal Dock, 1971; vessels include 'Hangen' and 'Apricity'

Shipping in Fenton Dock, Aug 1972; vessels include 'Hega Smits', 'Marmora' and 'Elizabeth'

Runcorn Lay-bye

MV 'Lind', the first tanker to load at Rnucorn Lay-bye after re-opening for bulk liquids in Dec 1963

'Finlandia' at Fenton Wharf in 1969, before the Finland service commenced from Alfred Dock in September the same year