The Archive · 1898

The Royal Naval Dockyard

fron eir being made.' The Worth Bar extension of the yard; a beginning is, So far litle has been done towards the racks, formerly occupied by the Royal Artillery, are now in course of demolition, and a strong wall some distance from the existing boundary, but which will, I presume, be the uew one, is rising. This will widen the Queen's Road opposite Murray Barracks very considerably. I notice, too, that. the great block of Chinese houses, be~ hind what are known a3 Fleteher's Buildings, are empty and the street giving access to them boarded up.

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