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Catherine Street, CHESTER, CH1 4JZ

This canal basin links the Dee Basin with the Shropshire Union Canal, which is out of sight on the right. A deep lock beyond the white footbridge provides access to the higher level.

This is the highest of three locks that give boats access to the River Dee.

This arm leads down from the Shropshire Union Canal's main line through three locks to the River Dee. The owner of the boat in the foreground evidently has a sense of humour.

An originally named narrow boat moored on the Shropshire Union Canal in the centre of Chester.

The houses are along Whipcord Lane.

Williams Moorings is a minor waterways place on the Shropshire Union Canal between River Dee Branch Junction to the north and River Dee Junction to the southwest.

This lock links the Shropshire Union Canal, which is beyond the far gate, with the Dee basin and the River Dee. The Graving Dock is the building on the right - see Image

Dates back to the 1840's. The lock gate in mid centre actually forms part of a graving lock for repairs when required.

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 ).