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Jubilee Dock, Balmain c1905

Jubilee Dock, Balmain c1905

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Jubilee Dock, Balmain

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Huge floating dry dock at Cameron's Cove on Johnston's Bay, Balmain that was designed and built by James Anderson of Anderson, Goodall & Co of Balmain. The dock's full name was the Victoria Jubilee Floating Dock, in honour of Queen Victoria. It was 320 feet long, 57 feet wide and 27 feet deep, with displacement of 14,500 tons. The dock was lowered to receive its first ship, the Royal Tar, on 1 October 1887.

Balmain

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Harbourside suburb on a peninsula west of central Sydney, named after the First Fleet assistant surgeon, with a working-class and industrial history. From the 1960s, as industry waned, it became popular with professional and business people who wanted to live close to the city.

Johnstons Bay

Bay between Rozelle and Pyrmont first spanned by the Glebe Island Bridge, and later the Anzac Bridge.

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