Devonshire Dock Hall
Devonshire Dock Hall is a large indoor shipbuilding and assembly complex that forms part of the BAE Systems shipyard in the Barrow Island area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.Photo: Stephen Middlemiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Factory
- Description: Shipbuilding facility in Barrow-in-Furness, England
- Address: Barrow-in-Furness
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dock Museum and Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library.
Dock Museum
Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dock Museum is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Most of its exhibits concern the history of the town, focusing on the shipbuilding industry at VSEL, the steelworks industry — of which Barrow once had the world's largest, the Furness Railway and the World War II bombings of the town. Dock Museum is situated 860 feet northwest of Devonshire Dock Hall.
Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is a Grade II listed Beaux-Arts style building located at Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, England. Operated since 2023 by Westmorland and Furness Council, it is the largest library in the town and the present structure, designed by J A Charles was originally built as a Carnegie library with support from the Carnegie Foundation. Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Devonshire Dock Hall.
Walney Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walney Bridge, officially Jubilee Bridge, is a bascule bridge in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Completed in 1908, it spans Walney Channel, linking Barrow Island to Walney Island. Walney Bridge is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Devonshire Dock Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrow-in-Furness and Vickerstown.
Barrow-in-Furness
Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in Cumbria, at the tip of the Furness peninsula. Many visitors come to Barrow for the Dock Museum, which tells the history of steelworks, the shipyard and the Barrow Blitz.
Vickerstown
Suburb
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vickerstown is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, covered by the wards of Walney North and Walney South. It is an example of a model village built for workers by a company needing to expand, having been constructed in the early 20th century by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering.
North Scale
Village
North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.
Devonshire Dock Hall
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and industry
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.11021° or 54° 6′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.2375° or 3° 14′ 15″ westHeight
167 feet (51 metres)Operator
BAE SystemsOpen location code
9C6R4Q66+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 144932547OpenStreetMap feature
building=manufactureOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=worksWikidata ID
Q5267856
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Devonshire Dock Hall” goes by many names.
- German: “DDH”
- German: “Devonshire Dock Hall”
- Japanese: “デヴォンシャー・ドック・ホール”
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