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Graving Dock


The Graving Dock in Barrow-in-Furness is a historic Victorian dry dock, that is now the foundation for the Dock Museum. The dock is an enclosed basin measuring 500x60 ft, with an entrance from the Walney Channel, which was used for the repair and maintenance of ships. It was constructed by the Furness Railway Company and was opened on the 1st of August, 1872. After a ship entered the dock, the entrance was sealed and the water pumped out, providing access to clean and repair the hull of the vessel. The dock remained in use until the 1950s. The dock is now an integral part of the Dock Museum. The southeastern end of the dock is now enclosed within the museum, with the original tiered, red sandstone sides and features like depth markings still visible. The Graving Dock is a Grade II listed structure on the National Heritage List for England.

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Graving Dock, Barrow in Furness - Early 20th Century
- Looking down onto the bottom of a dry graving dock with some men on the bottom. Support blocks along the full length. Sheds and mooring bollards on the side of …
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Graving Dock, Barrow in Furness
- Early 20th Century. Looking North West down onto the bottom of a dry graving dock. Support blocks along the full length. Sheds and mooring bollards on the side of the …
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SS Londonderry I O M Steamer - c.1910
- Portrait view of The Midland Railway screw ship 'Londonderry' pictured in the graving dock at the north end of Devonshire dock, probably to clean and paint its bottom. The shoring …
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Graving Dock, Barrow in Furness
- Early 20th Century. Looking South along the bottom of a dry graving dock with a crane to one side and some workmen in the bottom. Support blocks along the full …
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Dry dock and The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
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Wall of the former Dry Dock, Barrow Dock Museum
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The sidewall of the old dry dock
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Exotic vegetation at the end of the former dry dock
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Barrow-in-Furness - dry dock gate opening mechanism
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The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
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GRAVING DOCK - Barrow-in-Furness - List Entry
- Graving dock. Opened 1.8.1872 (Barnes). Red sandstone. Round-ended inlet measuring 500x60 feet (approx 150x18m) with entrance from Walney Channel at north-west end. Entrance has battered walls and limestone slot for …
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The Dock Museum
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