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Original Text (Annotation: EPW039727 / 291939)

' Work on the site of the King George V Graving Dock (Dry Dock) which at 1,000ft long by 135ft wide and 45ft deep could take the largest ships afloat, although the 'Queen Mary' was going to be a tight squeeze. This dock replaced the float dry dock as seen in EPW032342. '

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