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tensive works produce the gear with which steam- 

 trawlers are equipped, and in this respect, as in every 

 other way, machinery has superseded hand labour. The 

 old hand-made twine is being replaced by twine which 

 is produced by machinery. Slow manual effort was in 

 keeping with the easy-going days of sail ; but all things 

 have given place to the inevitable pressure attendant on 

 the victory of steam. 



The whole of the Grimsby fishing trade is now con- 

 ducted with an energy and bustle that amazes any one 

 who saw it in the days of sail. I remember well the 

 long business of warping out of dock at Grimsby and 

 getting to sea, in a smack a sleepy performance, indeed, 

 compared with the promptness with which I got away in 

 a steam-trawler the last time I left the port. 



No. i Fish Dock has an area of 13 acres, and 

 No. 2 Fish Dock has an area of 16 acres. The 

 Pontoon Dry-Dock for fishing-craft has a length on 

 the blocks of 116 ft. 8 in., and a maximum lifting- 

 capacity of 425 tons. The extension of No. 2 Fish 

 Dock, which was under construction for three years, was 

 finished on 8th August 1900. The Pontoon Dry-Dock 

 was opened for use on ist October 1900, the first vessel 

 to use it being Messrs. Moody & Kelly's steam-trawler 

 Blackbird. 



Natural ice from Norway was solely used by the 

 fishing trade at Grimsby prior to 1897 ; but the supply 

 was unreliable, and prices rose in consequence of the 

 growing demand for the article. It became necessary, 

 therefore, to introduce artificial ice, and towards the end 

 of 1898 the building was begun of a large factory for 

 making artificial ice. This was the joint venture of the 



