Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Jetty at Magheramorne Cement Works
Ballylig, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Harbour/ Pier
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Jetty at Magheramorne Cement Works, Shore Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Ballylig
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.81647, -5.76811
- Date of survey
- 09 May 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/05/035
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A reinforced concrete pier carried on a framework of reinforced concrete members including angled braces and cylindrical piers.
Setting: the pier is situated on the shore of Larne Lough in a generally rural location, within the area of a cement works with generally utilitarian industrial buildings nearby.
Historical information
Built in 1914 to the designs of Maxted & Knott Ltd, using the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete.
References - Secondary Sources
1. IHR 7008:3.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is a structure of some engineering interest as an example of an early system of reinforced concrete design.
Nearby in the register
- Old quay for lime works atHarbour/ Pierunder 1 mi
- Lime kilns atRural Industryunder 1 mi
- Railway bridges atBridgeunder 1 mi
- Twin bridges over Shore RoadDemolishedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.