Mersey Estuary, Eastham Lock to Oil Dock
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Mersey Estuary, Eastham Lock to Oil Dock
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 May 2016
Eastham Locks are the fifth set of locks, coming from Salford, and form the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal. It is the largest lock in the UK and controls access between the canal and the tidal Mersey estuary. The Queen Elizabeth II Oil Dock was constructed next to the locks in order to provide berthing facilities for large tankers that could not be accommodated on the canal due to their size; This has its own lock. In general ships will leave the canal during the four hours before high tide, whilst those entering will do so in the four hours after high water https://web.archive.org/web/20081120230408/http://users.breathe.com/g8hxe/eastham_locks.htm (archived).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.324287
Longitude
-2.950754