Graving Lock On Canal Link To River Dee is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1988. Broad lock.
Graving Lock On Canal Link To River Dee
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-quoin-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1988
- Type
- Broad lock
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/07/2012
1932-1/5/259 SJ3966 03/06/88
CHESTER CITY (EM) SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL Graving Lock on Canal link to River Dee
(Formerly Listed as: WHIPCORD LANE Graving Lock)
II
Broad lock. Early-mid C19. Brick. Designed to convey "Mersey flats" between the Dee at Crane Wharf and Chester Basin. Lock chamber of brick with massive sandstone blocks to corners of lock-gate recesses. Pairs of timber lock gates, repaired; upper end to lock chamber is segmental in plan; steel-lined grooves to take planks of wood so that a boat can be supported on them to grave its bottom or do other small repairs to the boat; outlet from sluiceway from adjacent dry dock (qv) has roughly-shaped stone quoins and segmental brick arch. Brick-and-sandstone walls to lower entrance to lock. Replaced broad footbridge across lock.
Listing NGR: SJ3996766763
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