Falmouth Marina sill at low water
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Falmouth Marina sill at low water by Graham Loveland as part of the Geograph project.
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Falmouth Marina sill at low water
Image: © Graham Loveland Taken: 9 May 2009
The same view as my Image except that this is taken at low water on a spring tide. The concrete sill which protects a disused oil pipeline running diagonally across the marina is now clearly visible. The outer pontoons are now nearly two metres lower than those in the inner basin. The sill provides a dam to keep water in the inner basin but also limits access from the inner basin out into the river to a period of a few hours either side of high water. On spring tides, such as shown here, the sill dries completely and nothing can get out at low water but on neap tides the sill remains covered, albeit with not much water, but very shallow draft boats can still get out.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.163787
Longitude
-5.084549