National Boat Museum Anchors - Ellesmere Port, UK
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dtrebilc
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These two canal boat anchors are outside the entrance to the National Waterways Museum.
Waymark Code: WMWC8C
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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The museum is on the site of a former canal and river port. This major port complex, developed from 1795 as the link between the canal network, the River Mersey and later the Manchester Ship Canal.
Although the inland canal network used relatively small canal boats, the boats that entered into the port from the River Mersey, called Mersey Flats, were much larger and goods were trans shipped between them.
Canal boats still pass through the port complex but these days are usually only leisure boats.
The rest of the port complex buildings are used as the museum buildings which houses 68 different historic boats.
The anchors are on the side of the road opposite the museum car park, and are from the large boats that were used on the River Mersey.
As well as people entering the museum people also pass by walking along the Shrosphire Union Canal and there is also a publicly accessible viewing platform used to watch sea going vessels using the Manchester Ship Canal.
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