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Motor carriers were required to give drivers 8, rather than 9, consecutive hours off-duty each day. [2] These rules allowed for 10 hours of driving and 8 hours of rest within a 24-hour day. In 1962, for reasons it never clearly explained, the ICC eliminated the 24-hour cycle rule, [2] and reinstated the 15-hour on-duty limit. [8]
Alexandra Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. Alexandra Dock consists of a main basin nearest the river wall and three branch docks to the east, with the southern branch mostly filled in. Alexandra Dock, April 2017.
The station was for goods only and initially there was an extensive goods yard at the foot of the descent down to river level and alongside the slope. A four-storey warehouse, loading mound and goods sheds was constructed between 1881 and 1884. [1] The station was renamed North Mersey & Alexandra Docks station on 1 August 1892. [2]
Liverpool is located in northeastern Brazoria County at (29.299272, –95.277470). [5] It is bordered on the east by Chocolate Bayou. The city limits extend northwest on either side of Main Street for 2 miles (3 km) to reach Texas State Highway 35.
The dock had a lighthouse which, because of its foghorn, was known as the Bootle Bull. [4] The lighthouse was demolished in 1928, being replaced by one built north of Gladstone Dock. [ 4 ] In 1940, during World War II , the Hornby River Entrance was bombed and very badly damaged, which restricted use of the dock throughout the war. [ 1 ]
Brocklebank Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle, connected to Langton Dock to the north and Canada Dock to the south. Carriers' Dock was originally sited to the east.
Table of docks (past and present) in the Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, England. The table can be sorted on each of its columns by clicking the small box in the header. The sequence runs from North (N01) to South (S19).
[8] [2] The Liverpool Overhead Railway Company was formed in 1888 and obtained permission to build a double-track railway in the same year via the Liverpool Overhead Railway Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. cx). [9] Engineers Sir Douglas Fox and James Henry Greathead were commissioned to design the railway. [10]