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The extensive changes to Gibraltar Harbour were largely financed through Britain's Naval Works Loan Act of 1895 and following years. The plan that met with final approval of the Admiralty included construction of a dockyard and a modern defensive harbour, safe from torpedo attack. The Commercial Mole
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On the afternoon of 31 May 2011, the North Mole at Gibraltar Harbour was the site of an explosion involving an oil storage tank. Two workers had been welding on top of the tank. In addition to injuries sustained by the workers, one of whom was extensively burned, there were also injuries suffered by
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which extended north and south; it ended in the Western Arm which paralleled the jetties. The jetties and Western Arm were lined with a concrete wharf wall. By 1902, much of the construction of the new Gibraltar Harbour had been completed, although portions were still under construction, including
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on its east side. The North Mole is positioned at the northern and western aspects of the northern section of the harbour, which is located just north of the east entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The L-shaped breakwater includes a Western Arm which runs south toward the
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was an integral component of that defensive harbour as it formed its northern boundary, and was also planned to serve the commercial needs of Gibraltar. Some of the cost of that breakwater was shouldered by the colony of Gibraltar. The Commercial Mole was constructed of
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On 8 June 2012, a bunkering accident off the North Mole resulted in an oil spill, with the release of three tons of fuel into the sea. The refueling operation had involved the ship
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the extension of the New Mole. While the Commercial Mole was intended to facilitate Gibraltar commerce, by 1911 it was primarily utilised by the navy as a quay for destroyers.
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and constructing a Detached Mole. At that time, the method of enclosing the northern end of the harbour had not yet been decided and was a matter of some controversy.
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at the New Mole Parade, which had been built in 1620. The 1895 plan also included enclosing Gibraltar Harbour by extending the New Mole
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The North Mole was formerly known as the Commercial Mole. It was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century extension of the
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stone and extended west from the area of the Waterport Wharf, Old Mole, and Devil's Tongue. The breakwater included five
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that provides protection to the harbour, in addition to that which results from the presence of the
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The south end of the Western Arm of the North Mole, its "D" Head, is the site of the
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on the North Mole (including its Western Arm) for cruise ships, cargo handling, and
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are available, including six on the Western Arm and two on an extension jetty.
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is a quick, flashing red light, and it has a range of five
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John Adye, Major R.A. and Brevet Lt.-Colonel (1895).
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Oil sullage tank continues burning through the night
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Index


Gibraltar Harbour
Rock of Gibraltar
Detached Mole

Gibraltar Harbour
Detached Mole
South Mole
breakwater
Gibraltar Harbour
British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar
Iberian Peninsula
Strait of Gibraltar
British Admiralty
dockyard
harbour
36°08′55″N 5°21′55″W / 36.1485°N 5.3652°W / 36.1485; -5.3652
Rock of Gibraltar
Detached Mole
quay
bunkering
berths
Gibraltar North Mole Lighthouse
light characteristic
nautical miles
Gibraltar North Mole Elbow Lighthouse
lighthouses
Gibraltar Port Authority

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