Exceptionally Rare Report on Dublin Bay, 1800 [Bligh, (Wm.)...

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Exceptionally Rare Report on Dublin Bay, 1800

[Bligh, (Wm.), Pagte (Thos. Hyde), & Rennie (John) et al.]
The Directors General of Inland Navigation in Ireland, to whom in Pursuance of the Act of the 40th Year of his Majesty's Reign, the Improvement of the harbour of Dublin is committed, have caused the following Reports to be printed, with a Map annexed to each, upon which is delineated a Sketch of the Works proposed by the several Reports to be constructed for the Purpose. The Sketch will elucidate the Report, and give a general idea of the Design. With six folding maps each outlying in red the proposals from the engineers. Dublin 1801, folio pp. 84., cont. full tree calf, upr. joint cracked, spine worn, new mor. label. Very good copy of an extremely rare volume.

* The most comprehensive report is that of Captain William Bligh of the 'Bounty' fame. He had great skill as a marine surveyor and hydrographer. The Inlaid Navigation Board secured his services to survey and sound the bay and river estuary. By December, 1800, in appalling weather, he had carried out the most extensive and accurate survey ever accomplished of Dublin Bay. Following on these reports the Directors general submitted their findings to the Lord Lieutenant, Hardwicke, in 1804. The proposals of Page, Rennie and Bligh were not accepted. The Board were seeking a long-term solution, saying: we must not limit our views to alterations of the Harbour calculated for ships of particular build or buthen, for particular times of tide or for particular winds.; The Great North Wall or the Bull Wall as outlined in this report by Captain Daniel Corneille was eventually chosen and constructed between 1819 and 1824. (1)