The Valley - Dry Dock Traditional Cache
ferreter38: Alas I won't be able to get over to Warrington for a while.
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Again, you are looking for a 35mm film cannister. Paths are generally good along this stretch of the Sankey Valley Park.
This is the last remaining dry dock on the Sankey Canal. It was built from sandstone with stepped sides and curved ends. The steps allowed the maintenace workers to get down to the floor and the sleepers for the traditional Mersey
Flat boats to rest on. The one metre ‘threshold depth’ from the canal allowed the Mersey Flats access for repair. when the boat was in the dry dock the gates were closed
and the water drained off via a small culvert in the western wall. This simple but highly efficient system used no machinery, just the lie of the land. Once repair work
had taken place the dock was filled and the boat floated out.
The site of the maintenance yard can be seen to the North East of the dry dock, where the current buildings are.
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