THE RIVER MERSEY. 



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No. 3 Index of the Engineers' and Surveyors' Reports who have reported 



on the Estuary and River Mersey. 



Extract of Mr. Rennie's report as to any one dock, 1809. 

 Mr. Whidbey, ditto, 1818. 



Late Mr. Rennie's ditto, on Ditton Embankment, 11th October, 1819. 

 Ditto, Messrs. Whidbey, Chapman and Rennie, upon tlie lines of wharf 

 walls at the south and north ends of the docks upon Pluckington Bank, 1822. 

 Mr. Telford on Mersey and Irwell Works, 29th January, 1823. 

 Messrs. Telford and Nimrao on same subject, 1823, 

 Ditto, on Mersey and Irwell Navigation, June 1823. 

 Mr. John Rennie, jun., in reply to above Report, July 26, 1823. 

 Mr. Whidbey on ditto, July 14, 1823. 

 Mr. Chapman on ditto, July 18, 1823. 

 Messrs. Whidbey, Rennie and Giles, 1826. 

 Mr. Giles proposed Conservancy line, 1826. 



Messrs. Rennie and Giles on Conservancy of River generally, 1826. 

 Messrs. Whidbey and Giles, afterwards J. Walker, on Embankments, 

 14th August, 1826. 



Messrs. Stevenson, ditto, ditto, 1827. 

 Messrs. Walker and Mylne, ditto, 1827. 



Messrs. G. Rennie, James Walker, R. Stevenson, F. Giles, and W. C. 

 Mylne on Viner's Embankment and Lice's Quay, 1827. 



Messrs. Telford, Stevenson and Nimmo, on new sea-ports in Rivers Dee 

 and Mersey, with a ship channel, 1828. 



Mf. Chapman's Report on the effect on the navigation of River likely to 

 result from works, 1823. 



Mr. George Rennie on the effect of New Brighton Pier, 8th December, 

 1834. 



Captain Denham on Mr. Lace's projection, and Pluckington Bank and 

 Devil's projection, and proposing a I'iver wall, 1836. 

 Report of Messrs. Mylne and Rennie on Mersey, 1837. 

 Letter from Lieut. Lord, recommending mode in which the Conservancy 

 should be effected, 1840. 

 Second letter ditto, 1840. 



Captain Evans on River Mersey, May 29, 1844. 



Mr. George Rennie on Seacombe Pier and Pluckington Bank, 17th No- 

 vember, 1844. 



No. 4. — Conservancy. First and Second Memorial. 

 To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and to 

 the Right Honourable the Lords Commissionei's for the Affairs of Trade. 



The Memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough 

 of Liverpool, 



Sheweth, — That your Memorialists, as representing the town and being 

 the owners of the Lordship of Liverpool, comprising the Port, are most 

 materially interested in the maintenance, preservation, and improvement of 

 navigation of the River Mersey. 



That the entrance to the River Mersey is by three principal channels, 

 formed in the midst of numerous sand-banks and shoals, frequently shifting 

 and increasing. 



That in other parts of the river there are dangerous banks and shoals, 

 and that in particular extensive banks have formed opposite the entrance of 

 the docks, threatening the most dangerous consequences. 



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