Dock - in pictures 3

Almost immediately, work to deepen the dock was started; the entrance was made wider and the dock was finally finished in 1859. The first vessel to use the dock after reconstruction was P&O's Pera. The dock was mainly used for landing timber, grain and fruit. Berth 13 was equipped with a coal depot. Berths 14-16 had facilities for discharging fruit. An auction sales room was built at the quayside so that fruit could be sold and transported on soon after it was landed at the docks.