Graving Lock on Canal Link to River Dee
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Graving Lock on Canal Link to River Dee
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Jan 2019
This lock was constructed during the first half of the nineteenth century, to connect Chester's inland port, known as 'Tower Wharf' with the Dee branch (and hence the River Dee). The wharf was a major cargo terminal, utilising narrowboats and larger 'Mersey Flats', and was also a starting point for passengers travelling to Liverpool. The lock is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1375932 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375932 ). The buildings behind the lock formed Taylor’s Boatyard which was established in the late-1840s/1850s by the Shropshire Union Railways & Canal Company as their major boat building and repair yard, and the majority of the yard's surviving buildings are believed to have been constructed at this time. It is a Grade II listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1375715 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375715 ).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.194607
Longitude
-2.900132