Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1974. Dry docks.
Dry Docks Behind Worsley Green
- WRENN ID
- blind-pilaster-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1974
- Type
- Dry docks
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WORSLEY THE GREEN SD 70 SW SD 70 SE 1/57 2/57 Dry Docks behind 1/10/74 Worsley Green - II
2 dry docks including C19 sheds. c.1761. John Gilbert and James Brindley engineers for the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. Hammer-dressed stone retaining walls, wood sluice gates, timber and iron sheds. The walls have been heightened in concrete and incorporate steps. Bow-string roof trusses on iron posts. Open sides. Built for barge-building and repair. Possibly the earliest extant example of dry docks associated with canals. A third dock has long been filled in.
Listing NGR: SD7499400267
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