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EXTENSION The final phase of the Royal Dockyard, the North Yard Extension, was begun without ceremony in February 1896 under the authority of the Naval Works Act 1895. It was carried out under the watchful eye of Sir John Jackson and his Superintendent Civil Engineer (Sir) Whatley Eliot MICE. It covered 114 acres, of which 35 acres was above the high water mark chiefly on reclaimed land, and 78 acres were foreshore. The cost to the the nation was some £6 million. On Saturday January 13th 1905 Lady Jackson, with some assistance from her husband, opened the sluice that started the water flowing to flood the tidal basin. North Yard Extension was opened on Wednesday February 20th 1907 by HRH the Prince of Wales, later King George V, although the first ship, HMS Hibernia, had docked there on Friday August 10th 1906. NEXT - GOSCHEN YARD
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