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1902 "[[Laird Brothers]] and [[John Jones and Sons]] formed the Tranmere Bay Development Co Ltd. in March 1902 to undertake work on a 98.5 acre site at Tranmere, up-river from the existing yard of [[Laird Brothers]]. The installations included a yard to build ships of up to 1,000ft in length, well in excess of the largest size envisaged. It was provided with six slipways, two graving docks, new engine and boiler shops and a 15 acre fitting out basin, the UK's largest privately owned wet dock. The docks and basin were opened in 1906."<ref>Steel, Ships and Men:Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 by Kenneth Warren (p103)</ref> John Jones was soon after bought out. | |||
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1902 "Laird Brothers and John Jones and Sons formed the Tranmere Bay Development Co Ltd. in March 1902 to undertake work on a 98.5 acre site at Tranmere, up-river from the existing yard of Laird Brothers. The installations included a yard to build ships of up to 1,000ft in length, well in excess of the largest size envisaged. It was provided with six slipways, two graving docks, new engine and boiler shops and a 15 acre fitting out basin, the UK's largest privately owned wet dock. The docks and basin were opened in 1906."[1] John Jones was soon after bought out.
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- ↑ Steel, Ships and Men:Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 by Kenneth Warren (p103)