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Sunderland Dock Company |
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Issued to George
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Stock Code SDC01 |
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Certificate, number 3696,
for one share in
this company, dated 4th July 1846. Original signature of
M Coxon, company secretary. Issued to
George Hudson of the City and
County of York, Esquire, MP. Orange company seal showing harbour
scene.
Certificate size is 26
cm wide x 21 cm high (11" x 9"). It will be mounted in a
mahogany frame, with gold inlay, size 40 cm wide x 30 cm high.
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About This
Company
The Sunderland
Dock Company was formed in 1846 to build the Hudson (South) Dock at
Sunderland, which was eventually opened in 1850. The company was headed by George Hudson the ‘Railway
King’ who became one of Sunderland’s two MPs in 1845.
The design of
the dock was by John Murray, the River Wear Commissioners' Engineer, but
Robert Stephenson, son of George and highly acclaimed in his own right as
one of the leading engineers of the day, was employed as a consultant. The
dock was practically built on the foreshore, the excavated material being
dumped on the seaward side of the dock wall. Groynes were constructed, and
some 20 acres of land reclaimed from the sea. Thirteen coal drops were
provided, and the coal shipments of the Durham & Sunderland Railway, which
by then formed part of Hudson's railway empire, were transferred from Low
Quay to the new dock. The Londonderry Railway, from Seaham to Sunderland,
was also led to the dock, and the YN & BR [York, Newcastle and Berwick
Railway] (Hudson's), shipped all its coals there. By 1854, some 20
collieries were shipping coals from the Hudson Dock, and to further
accommodate the increasing trade, the Hudson South Dock, a simple southward
extension of Hudson Dock was opened in 1855, and a direct ‘Sea Outlet' for
the combined docks was opened in 1856. Yet another southward extension, the
Hendon Dock, was opened in 1868.
Source:
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