Old North Quay - St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 49° 10.890 W 002° 06.583
30U E 564879 N 5448013
This plaque celebrates a quay built to improve the harbour in St. Helier in 1790
Waymark Code: WMWMX4
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 09/19/2017
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The plaque is on the side of old warehouses alongside the quay. These days the warehouses contain the Maritime Museum and this wall is the rear of the building.
The harbour has been improved and expanded a number of times since the building of the original quay, mainly because at that time it could not be used at low tide as the water level was too low.
The text on the plaque is as follows.
LA VINGTAINE DE LA VILLE
THIS OLD NORTH QUAY
WAS BUILT FOR THE
STATES OF JERSEY IN 1790
BY
PHILIP DE LA MARE