The OS map shows that the western end of the dock was pitched and inclined, presumably from the dock extension works of 1883. The pumping engine house was also built following the dock extension works and permitted topping up of the tidal dock as necessary. The chimney of the boiler house used to drive the steam engines which provided rotational power for the centrifugal pumps. There were two pumps I recall - big, beastly, cast iron, six-foot diameter pumps and they occupied about half the building at the right hand end! [010]

1909 - The pumping house in 1909 with the twin discharge culverts below. This was to be the site for the pontoon which had been ordered early the same year. There had undoubtedly been a slipway and boat repairs carried out on the inclined entrance to the waters of the dock since the dock extension of 1883. An engineering works was required to support the ship repairing facility that the pontoon provided and the site for the works was chosen adjacent to the pontoon at the head of the dock. The end wall and clock tower of the offices being built directly upon the new vertical concrete block wall which is in the process of construction in this photograph. The lower image has been colourised. [030] [060]