Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE THE DOCKS
844-1/11/343 Dry Dock south of Engine House,
12/03/73 including crane
(Formerly Listed as:
THE DOCKS
Dry Dock (adjacent to Alexandra
Warehouse))

GV II

Dry or graving dock. 1852-3. Built by William Guest for the
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company. Brick-lined basin
capped by stone kerbs with a protective railing of slender
cast-iron bollards linked by pairs of pipe rails. Entry to
dock from the south-west side of Main Basin through a pair of
timber gates surmounted by footbridges; continuous stepped
revetments to sides and semicircular end of dock basin, with
iron late C19 crane. The dock preceded completion of the
Gloucester and Dean Forest railway line opened in 1854. It was
built in order to facilitate the repair of vessels in and the
export of coal from Gloucester, rather than go to a South
Wales port for repairs and then pick up coal for export.
(Original Drawings in Gloucestershire Records Office: D2460
Drawings 9-F).

Listing NGR: SO8259818249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538118

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]