The Marina April 2007 - is expanding by 25% to meet demand.
| The start of the work on the docks | Progress as at January 2001 | Progress as at March 18th 2001 |
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June
2000 saw the start of the building of the new lock barrel at the
entrance to Portishead Dock, which will enable ships and
sailing craft of all sizes to gain access to the new marina.
For the first time ever the huge stone built lock was
emptied completely of water so that workmen could commence
work. It is an
impressive sight to look down in to the depths of the lock
cavern revealing an array of perfectly formed stonework
built by an army of stonemasons at the construction of the
docks in the early 1800’s.
The new marina was opened on time in May 2001.
The Marina April 2007 - is expanding by 25% to meet demand.
| The start of the work on the docks | Progress as at January 2001 | Progress as at March 18th 2001 |
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23/10/2000 Click on image to get high resolution image
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| The Dock Entrance | View from the South | View looking North | The Gate Area | Distant View |
January 2001
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| Removing the old gates | Dock gates and Gatehouse (Jan 2001) | Dock gates looking seawards (Jan 2001) | The Gate House (Jan 2001) | Hinge waiting for gates (Jan 2001) |
March 18th 2001
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| Nearly finished View Seawards to big Gate | View of Sea Gate mechanism | Dock gates looking to Gate house and inland | The Big Sea Gate |
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| Nearly finished Gate House | View of Inner Dock Gate | View looking down steps | Long distance view of whole site |
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| Marina View looking towards finished Gate House | View looking from Gate House |