Bramley Moore Dock

Bramley-Moore Dock is a dock on the River Mersey,and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, connected to Sandon Half Tide Dock to the north and Nelson Dock to the south. It was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1848.The Tugs are kept in this dock.
Visited with Georgie.

Cassion's are used to close Dock / Lock entrances, when the gates are off and being repaired. It is floated over the lock / dock entrance and then flooded down onto the gates threshold where it seals the entrance to the waters.








2 comments:

  1. How did you get access to this site....

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  2. The cassions are brilliant,they keep the water out,its great stearing the irish ferry through here,challenging...

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