Newly-digitised images are made publicly available as part of conservation strategy for port
Heinkel Kabine bubble cars lined up at Dublin port waiting for export in the late 1950s. Photograph: Dublin Port Archive
The remains of the wall, which date from the 1720s, were discovered by the Dublin Port Company during conservation of the redbrick building, now a museum and exhibition centre where the port’s conservation strategy was launched on Tuesday. The original wall, which gave East Wall its name, protected the area from flooding. It once enclosed the eastern and northside of the land that became known as the North Lotts.
Cargo is loaded onto a trailer at the quayside with Odlums Mill in the background . Photograph: Dublin Port Archive One shipwreck, dubbed “Millstone Wreck”, was discovered during dredging works. The ship dates back to the 18th century and, as part of the conservation strategy, its timbers and cargo of millstones have been studied and preserved. These slabs of old red sandstone were cut from exposed bedrock at Waterford Harbour to feed the mill industry in cities along the east coast but never reached their destination as the ship hit a storm and sank.
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