Eastham, Queen Elizabeth II Dock c.1965
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As oil tankers got bigger and bigger in the early 1950s, some of them were difficult to handle on the Manchester Ship Canal. Eastham Oil Dock was constructed in 1954 to allow these larger tankers to discharge their cargoes without entering the Ship Canal. It was built on the landward side of the canal so that its pipes and equipment did not have to pass over or under the Manchester Ship Canal. As we can see in our photograph, the entrance is right next to the Ship Canal entrance lock. The top ship is in the Ship Canal lock, the other three are in Eastham Dock.
An extract from Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories.
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