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Burnley 71-75 |
Burnley Lane
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Former Lancaster Canal South Section 37-47 miles |
A new canal is being cut to link the Leeds Liverpool canal from the Stanley Dock branch along the river side and through the docks to the Liverpool marina. It is hoped that this link will give boaters a secure mooring at the Liverpool end and encourage more traffic along the Leeds Liverpool canal. These photographs will show the progress made as work is done on the dock link. When the canal was originally built it was always planned to have a link to the dock system. This link was delayed by the dock owners and landowners who didn't like the new money of the canal company owners. A link was eventually built though due to the northward expansion of the docks it was at Stanley Dock rather than the canal terminus. |
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| Stanley Dock Arm & northern docks | Princes Dock | St Nicholas Place | Pier Head | South Docks |
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Stanley Dock the canal enters the docks here |
Stanley Dock boats will leave under the bridge |
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| Collingwood & Salisbury Dock | ||||
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| Waterloo Dock & Princes Half Tide Dock | ||||
| June 2005 | East Waterloo Dock and Princes Half Tide Dock |
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| August 2006 | Princes Half Tide dock was damned and the water level lowered |
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| February 2007 | the dock has been refilled |
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| April 2007 | new building by Waterloo Warehouses |
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| June 2007 | nothing canal-ish happening, new building is progressing |
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| August 2007 | the new building is progressing slowly |
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| October 2007 | the new building is taking shape |
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| December 2007 | A dam has been built across the bridge to Princes Dock |
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| Princess Dock | ||||
| The footbridge across Princess Dock will have to be raised, the dock will need dredging and a link built between the dock and the culvert nearby. | ||||
| May 2005 | New development is well underway around Princess Dock |
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| February 2007 |
the last tower (on the left) is about half
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| June 2007 | The building work on the new towers is progressing no sign of canal work |
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| August 2007 | Nothing much happening |
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| October 2007 |
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| November 2007 | End of the month and work starts on the section between Princes Dock and the St Nicholas Place Tunnel |
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| December 2007 | Excavations are underway. An old wall has been uncovered and is being surveyed. |
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| The water level in Princes Dock has been lowered. |
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| January 2008 | Princes Dock has been drained and a ramp is being built by the footbridge. |
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| March 2008 | The channel has been dug out and the concrete bottom laid. |
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| April 2008 | The concrete channel is still under construction and has been extended into Princes Dock |
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| In front of St Nicholas Church, where boatmen once got married while waiting for their barges to be unloaded at Pall Mall, a new canal is being built. The River Mersey once came up to the walls of this church before Georges Dock was built. The famous three graces were built on top of Georges Dock and a floating platform on the river gave access to ships and the famous ferries. A roadway down to this floating landing stage was once in place here, since its removal a narrow inlet or basin remained open to the river and was full of silt and rubbish. The new canal crosses here in a culvert or tunnel under the road and across the inlet. The inlet has been filled in, the concrete culvert has been built and covered over and the road replaced. | ||||
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this was the site of the floating roadway bridge down to the floating landing stage the basin opens direct to the Mersey and is tidal. |
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| Jan 2007 | a concrete culvert or tunnel has been built crossing the basin and the inlet has been filled in on the land side. |
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| Feb 2007 | with the culvert in place excavations can be seen either side |
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| March 2007 | cobbles have been laid and gas pipes have been put in crossing the culvert |
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| April 2007 | gas pipes are in place, the culvert is extended with its walls finished, roof to follow |
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| late April 2007 | the culvert roof has been added |
 B culvert |
 B the culvert |
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| Early May 2007 |
the exposed concrete of the culvert is now red and the rest is covered with tarmac work seems to be finished on this section for now |
 A looking to the river |
 stood on top of the culvert looking south along it |
 C the culvert is tarmac-ed over and concrete painted red |
| June 2007 |
new wall built to replace the one demolished for culvert building. New car park laid out and new bus stop put in. |
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 stood next to the culvert looking south along it |
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| July 2007 |
The new cruise liner landing stage is being constructed. Some walls are being built. |
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| August 2007 | Another part of the landing stage is being built |
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| October 2007 | Landing stage bridges in place |
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| Georges Dock and the Three Graces |
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The Three Graces were built on Georges Dock the canal will cross the Pierhead in front of these iconic buildings. There will be 500 metres of brand new canal here. The grass lawns have been removed thee will be a tunnel and two open sections of canal. |
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| The North Basin will be in front of the Liver Buildings. The canal will come out of the culvert under St. Nicholas Place and into an open area. The area was lawns with memorials and statues. | ||||
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| July 2007 |
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| In front of the middle of the 3 Graces, the Cunard Building, the canal will be underground in a tunnel. | ||||
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Feb 2007 Statue removed and pedestal dismantled |
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March 2007 the grass has been cleared and a large hole dug |
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August 2007 culvert walls are built |
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September 2007 culvert roof in place |
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October 2007 tunnel completed |
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The South Basin will be in front of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Buildings. The canal will come out of the pierhead culvert and into an open area. The area was lawns with memorials and statues. The canal will then enter another culvert near the new museum and turn north towards the docks. |
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| Feb 2007 |
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April 2007 there are lots of digging machines on site, a long trench has been dug along the line of the canal |
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May 2007 a lot of earth has been moved, an old red sandstone wall has been uncovered and cut through |
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| July 2007 | (right) work continues, concrete walls put in |
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(right) culvert entrance at south end of south basin |
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| September 2007 |
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tunnel between Mann Island and Pier head |
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| Manchester Dock was once here. It was used by the Shropshire Union Canal company. It was filled in with spoil from the Mersey Tunnel. It has been a car park next to the Museum of Liverpool Life for many years. Now a new museum is being built. The old dock has been excavated to put in the foundations of the new building. There will be a culvert or tunnel for the canal to pass through here as the canal changes direction and joins the dock system. the canal will pass close to the foundations of the new museum. There will be a new basin on Mann Island | |||
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| This area was a car park by the Museum of Liverpool Life, there were some car show rooms by the road and a 1980s printworks. There are few older brick buildings including some railway wharfs by the graving docks. | |||
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| these are the lock gates to the Manchester Dock recently uncovered during archaeological digs in the foundations of the new Liverpool museum. Manchester dock was used by the Shropshire Union Canal Company | |||
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| Foundations are being laid for a canal culvert or tunnel (foreground). The canal will continue and go through the buildings beyond (out of shot to the left) to join the dock. | |||
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| Work is progressing on the concrete canal culvert Demolition has started on the dockside buildings through which the canal will pass. | |||
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| early June |
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 site of small basin culvert on right |
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| mid June |
 culvert (left) with museum site behind |
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| The 1980s printworks have been demolished, the car showrooms have been demolished | |||
 1950s car showroom |
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 site being cleared |
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| The rubble is being sorted and removed. Foundations of past buildings and old dock walls are being excavated. | |||
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| The new buildings are rising and the canal is being cut across Mann Island towards the lock at Canning Dock | |||
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| The canal will join the docks via a new lock. Some dockside buildings will be demolished. The most direct route for boats has been blocked off so boats will either have to make a detour via Albert Dock or the blocked access will have be changed. | ||||
| April 2005 | the cut will pass behind these graving docks |
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| Feb 2007 | the new canal will join the docks system here |
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| May 2007 | the building alongside the dock is being demolished, from this side you can just see the roof is missing from the centre |
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| June 2007 | Dockside building is being demolished |
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| The Coal and Cotton Rally is on, the last time boats will have to enter the docks via the Mersey from the L-L canal |
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| July 2007 | Buildings are being demolished |
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| August 2007 | Most buildings have gone |
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| late August 2007 | rubble is being sorted |
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| September 2007 | Round the World Clipper race, rubble sorted and foundations excavated. |
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| October 2007 | rubble is being removed and sites cleared. Old basements removed. |
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| November 2007 | The piles of rubble have gone and work is being done on the site |
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December 2007 |
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January 2008 |
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