NEW PORT FOR LONDON.
A great enterprise has been set on foot which will practically give a new port to London, and greatly assist ocean commerce. At the small Kentish village of Hoo, on the north shore of tbe Medway, there is deep water alongside to the extent of 22 feet at low tide, much greater depth further out, and at high tide there is sixty feet. This fact has induced the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway to construct wharves and piers at Hoo, which will shortly be extended, and will constitute a flourishing port. It has been christened Port Victoria, and many advantages are claimed for it. It is
an hour nearer tho sea from London than Gravesend ; ships of the heaviest tonnage, homeward bound, will avoid the intricate and dangerous navigation of tbe crowded Thames, and can discharge passengers and cargo ai all hours without having to lie outside, as in ordinary tidal harbors. The port is perfectly protected against nil winds. r l he scheme has been put-bed forward with speed, and is so far completed that the branch railway which connects Hoo with tho North Kent )i ne was opened last week, and on Sept. 13 the Prince and Princess of Wales, travelling from Flu-diing in the yacht Gsborne, land-d at Port Victoria. It is expected that the new binding place will be largely utilised for Continental traffic, but great efforts will be made to attract general commerce to Port Victoria. A special feature will be the trade in live stock from America, which will be landed in the neighborhood of Hoo and fattened upon the rich Kentish soil before slaughter. Nearly all the great steamship lines appear to favour tbe new enterprise.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3023, 5 December 1882, Page 3
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287NEW PORT FOR LONDON. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3023, 5 December 1882, Page 3
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