Salt Island, Anglesey
Salt Island (Welsh: Ynys yr Halen) is joined to Holy Island, Anglesey, in North Wales. It is a natural provider of shelter for the town's Old Harbour from the Irish Sea and is part of the Port of Holyhead.
History
The island is believed to have gained its name from a factory on the island which processed
The Stanley Sailors' Hospital was set up in 1871[2] by public subscription and initially only treated sailors although it quickly became a general hospital. It was taken over by the National Health Service in 1948 and closed its doors in 1987 and was subsequently demolished.
Lighthouse
There have been three
Pier
The main
An inner arm, pairing the existing 5,100-foot (1,600 m) long breakwater (built between 1848 and 1876) was planned from Salt Island. The isolated broad gauge tramway railway from the Holyhead Mountain quarry used to build the former had a branch to Salt Island, via Newry Beach, to facilitate this. Although started with an intention to be 2,100 feet long, the inner arm was never developed beyond a rubble spit at the northern tip of the island. Stone blocks that supported this tramway are still to be found along the upper seafront of Newry Beach. No trace remains of the, presumably, wooden viaduct across the Borth Sach inlet which provided access to the island. During the 1990s the remains of rails were still to be found amongst the large boulders deposited as the foundations for the inner arm.
In more recent times, starting in February 2001, the island was expanded into the sea by the process of land reclamation. In total 11 acres (4.5 ha) was gained at a cost of £10 million. An average of 7,000 tonnes of rock and mud was extracted per day during the process.
Transport and access
Salt Island is part of the
References
- ^ "Anglesey Travel Guide". Britain Express. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Records: Stanley Sailor's Hospital, Salt Island, Holyhead". Archives Hub. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Salt Island Lighthouse". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "George IV Arch and Salt Island, Holyhead". History Points. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
External links
- Map sources for Salt Island, Anglesey