 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 626 pàgines
...called the smithery, anchors are wrought weighing from seventy to ninety cwts. each. The gun-wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The small armory is capable of containing 25,000 stand of... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1832 - 656 pàgines
...called the smithery, anchors are wrought weighing from seventy to ninety cwts. each. The gun-wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The small armory is capable of containing 25,000 somd of... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 820 pàgines
...for the vessels is prepared, is three storeys high, 54 feet broad, and 1094 feet long. The Gun- Wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The Small Armoury is capable of containing 25,000 stand of... | |
 | 1843 - 506 pàgines
...incendiary, Jack the Painter, who was executed for the crime at Winchester in 1777. The gun-wharf, adjacent to the dockyard, is an immense arsenal, consisting...opposite side of the harbour. The expense of this depositary is said to have amounted to half a million of money. The storehouses are of vast dimensions.... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Black Adam and Charles, ltd - 1846 - 504 pàgines
...incendiary, Jack the 1'nintcr, who was executed for the crime at Winchester in 1777. The gun-wharf, adjacent to the dockyard, is an immense arsenal, consisting...opposite side of the harbour. The expense of this depositary is said to have amounted to half a million of money. The storehouses are of vast dimensions.... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1847 - 544 pàgines
...incendiary, Jack the Painter, who was executed for the crime at Winchester in 1777. The gun-wharf, adjacent to the dockyard, is an immense arsenal, consisting...20,000 stand of arms, is a spacious building, and the créât object of admiration. The victualling department has recently been removed to the opposite... | |
 | 1847 - 582 pàgines
...three stories high, fiftyfour feet broad, and one thousand and ninety-four feet long. The gun-wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The small armory is capable of containing twenty-five thousand... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1852 - 734 pàgines
...for the vessels is prepared, is three stories high, 54 feet broad, and 1094 feet long. The Gun-Wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The Small Armory is capable of containing 25,000 stand of... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pàgines
...three stories high, fifty-four feet broad, and one thousand and ninety-four feet long. The gun-wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The small armory is capable of containing twenty-five thousand... | |
 | William Chambers - 1857 - 824 pàgines
...for the vessels is prepared, is three storeys high, 54 feet broad, and 1094 feet long. The Gun-Wharf is an immense arsenal, consisting of various ranges of buildings for the reception of naval and military stores, artillery, &c. The Small Armoury is capable of containing 25,000 stand of... | |
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The dockyard has several times suffered considerable injury from fire. In 1776, it was set on fire by the notorious incendiary, Jack the Painter, who was executed for the crime at Winchester in 1777. The gun-wharf, adjacent to the dockyard, is an immense... 