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February, 1926 MARINE REVIEW 27 OGDEN POINT OCEAN carrying capacity of 1600 tons. At the ends of the sheds are open spaces for rough freight of 58,000 feet and 10,500 feet. Five slips give ample facilities for handling cargo through the ship’s ports. The second known as No. 2 wharf is 1050 feet in length by 125 feet in width, with a shed 818 feet in length, varying in width from 59 feet to 90 feet, and with a floor area of 68,090, and a carrying capa- city of 13,000 tons. There is an open space at the ends of the shed of 21,- 500, and 18,000 for rough freight. The depth of water is 31 feet and the space between wharves is 190 feet. There is also berthage of 300 feet frontage, where small vessels can be made fast in 25 feet of water; and two sheds respectively of 20,100, storing about 4000 tons and an addi- tional 8000 feet carrying about 1800 tons. The inner harbor is used chiefly by coastwise vessels but as many of the great lumber and shingle mills are built on its waterfront, many sail- ing ships and steamers engaged in this business enter it. Also on its northwest shores are 80 acres of in- dustrial sites with railroad and track- age facilities and a water frontage of 3500 feet with a depth of 20 feet. These sites are owned by the Provin- cial government and such as are not at present being utilized can be leased at very reasonable rates. SALVAGE KING—A NEW AND EXCEPTION- ALLY WELL EQUIPPED POWERFUL SALVAGE STEAMER Esquimalt harbor is naturally land- locked, has an excellent and easy en- trance an area of 940 acres and a DOCKS LOCATED IN THE OUTER HARBOR, VICTORIA, B. C. depth of from 6 to 8 fathoms. It was originally used as the Pacific station of the British fleet and is today the headquarters on the Pacific of the Canadian navy. Besides Yarrows ship- building and repair plant there are two drydocks at Esquimalt. The length of the older dock to the gate is 450 feet at keel blocks, 480 feet at curb, with a width at gates of 65 feet, and a depth of water of 27 to 29 feet. The new drydock which was com- pleted last fall is the second largest on the American continent and is only 29 feet shorter than the Common- wealth drydock at Boston. This giant basin, hewn out of the living rock, cost approximately $6,000,000 and measures 1150 feet long, 149 feet in width at the top and 126 feet at the bottom. Its depth is 49 feet 6 inches, with 40 feet of water over the sills at high water. The dock will take any ship afloat, or, if desired, can be divided into two sections of 400 feet and 750 feet respectively. It is lined with concrete, with granite keel and bilge block seats, and is equipped with four caisson berths of granite. (Continued on Page 46) A VIEW OF THE MARINE FRONT OF THE INNER HARBOR, VICTORIA, B. C.