Sea Lock And Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Wharf.

Sea Lock And Wharf

WRENN ID
quartered-attic-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1984
Type
Wharf
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NY 26 SW BOWNESS Port Carlisle

2/41 Sea lock and wharf

II

Sea lock and wharf. 1819-1823 for the Carlisle Canal. Red sandstone ashlar with V-joints, large granite blocks on seaward corner. Standard lock design with recesses for 2 pairs of lock gates, now missing, to take vessels of up to 100 tons: gave access from harbours to canal basin. Wall of lock to east continues at right angles to form a wharf. In use until 1853 when the canal was drained and part of the bed of the canal was used for the Port Carlisle Railway.

Listing NGR: NY2413462237

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