Builder's Tenders

Essex Standard - Saturday 22 July 1882

The tender of Mr Alfred Diss, builder and contractor of West Bergholt, Colchester, has been accepted by the Admiralty for the building of a new Coast Guard Station at Haven Hole, Canvey Island, near South Benfleet.

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We know that the Coastguards were stationed in HMS Emulous prior to the building of the Coastguard cottages and you can read a little about the details we have discovered here.

 

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