The particular site of Immingham was chosen because the deep-water channel of the Humber, which lower down runs midway between the shores, here makes an inward sweep and leads right to the dock gates, thus obviating much initial dredging, providing ingress and egress at any state of the tide, and rendering the towage of the vessels unnecessary. [Please select]
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Steamships of deep draught reach their docks at the lower end of the city under their own steam, but sailing-craft pay heavy towage fees. [Please select]
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Sailing-vessels, however, require only a short towage, the docks being scarcely a dozen miles from Chesapeake Bay. [Please select]
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