THE
FIRST STONE OF THE
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS
WAS LAID 23RD OCTR 1844 BY
SIR PHILIP DE M.G.EGERTON BART
M.P.FOR THE SOUTHERN DIVISION
OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTER.
WATER SPACE OF DOCKS
207 ACRES.
J.M.RENDEL ESQR F.R.S.
ENGINEER.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
List of names
Reverse lettering
COMMISIONERS
OF THE
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS
JOHN LAIRD ESQR CHAIRMAN
JOSEPH MALLABY
CLERK
