Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dock Act 1854
WHEREAS it would promote the Trade and Prosperity of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and tend to the increased Accommodation of Shipping resorting to the Port thereof, and be of public Advantage, if a Dock and other Works was constructed in such Borough adjoining to the River Tyne, and communicating therewith: And whereas the several Persons after named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to construct the said Dock and other Works; but the same cannot be effected without the Authority of Pa...