The Downs Docks Act, 1864
WHEREAS the Construction of a Dock, Piers, and other Works at or near Deal in the County of Kent, with a navigable Channel therefrom to Sandwich, and a Railway to connect the said Dock with the South-eastern Railway, would be of public and local Advantage: And whereas Plans and Sections of the intended Works showing the Lines, Situations, and Levels thereof respectively, and the Lands which may be required to be taken for the Purposes thereof, and a Book of Reference to such Plans, have been ...