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''Victoria Dock'' is a large excavated harbour basin located off Footscray Road and Docklands Highway, Docklands, in Melbourne. It was constructed between 1887 and 1892, under the supervision of Melbourne Harbour Trust engineer Joseph Brady, to modified designs of British engineer Sir John Coode.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Melbourne Harbour Trust: Proposed floating dock and improvements in the River Yarra : as recommended by Sir John Coode in his report of 17th Feb 1879 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of the port )〕 It is the oldest and largest surviving single dock in the world. It was built to accommodate ships of 9.5m draft, with initially timber wharf sheds and wharfs around the perimeter, supplemented by a piled timber central pier in 1919 extending from the east edge of the dock. At its greatest extent it accommodated 21 berths, although this has been substantially reduced as the land area has been redeveloped for the Docklands commercial and residential towers. The Central Pier retains two sheds but has been reduced to half its size. It is occasionally used as a dance venue, events, functions and entertainment.〔(Melbourne Docklands History and Heritage Destination Docklands )〕 The water basin covers 37.6 hectares (96 acres) and the entrance at the western end is 61 metres wide. Porrtal and semi portal level luffing cranes once served timber and steel framed wharf sheds, all but three of which have been demolished. The oldest, dating from 1913, were along the eastern edge and were purported to have been dismantled for future restoration of the central pier sheds, two of which survive. All the cranes have been removed but crane rails survive on some wharf aprons. In the 1950s the dock handled over two million tons of cargo annually, increasing to 20 million revenue tons annually by the mid 1980s. However, increases in container shipping and the move of the one roll-on roll-off berth led to its abandonment for commercial shipping, and subsequent reuse of the area for development. The dock is included on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR H1720) and National Trust Register and is considered to be of Local, State, National and International significance.〔(Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1720 )〕 ==See also== * Port of Melbourne * History of Melbourne Docklands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victoria Dock (Melbourne)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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