The dredging power available in 1869 was deemed inadequate to maintain a navigable channel, yet alone improve the situation. Prior to 1860, the average annual amount of material dredged from the harbour did not exceed 150,000 tons, largely representing the demand for ballast by the shipping using the port.įollowing the establishment of the Dublin Port & Docks Board, the Harbour Improvement Committee estimated that, after completion of the various works contemplated, future annual dredging would exceed 700,000 tons. The construction of deep-water berths in Dublin Port would have been pointless if the river channel had remained in a shallow state and had not been deepened. This beautifully presented publication is the culmination of detailed research undertaken by Dr Cox over many years into the lives and illustrious work of both engineers, and draws on a trove of maps, images, and information held in Dublin Port’s 300-year-old archive to tell their story.īindon Blood Stoney was Dublin Port engineer from 1862 to 1899 and the modern city of Dublin along the River Liffey reflects his engineering prowess in the bridges and quay walls he built using his wonderful Diving Bell, better known today as Dublin’s smallest museum on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. (Part II, on John Purser Griffith, can be read here.)ĭublin Port Engineers navigates the story of two of Dublin Port’s most pioneering port engineers in recent decades, Bindon Blood Stoney (1828-1909) and John Purser Griffith (1848-1938).
In Part II, he will examine John Purser Griffith.ĭublin Port Chief Engineers is available to purchase from Wordwell Books here.
In two extracts, the first of which is published now, Dr Cox explores the life and works of Bindon Blood Stoney. Dr Ronald Cox, engineering historian and visiting research fellow in the Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, has written a book Dublin Port Chief Engineers, which was published by Dublin Port Company recently.
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