Southwick Ship Canal
The Southwick Ship Canal or Southwick Canal is a canal in Southwick that branches off from the estuary of the River Adur near Hove.
The canal is 1.75 miles in length, running east-west and parallel with the shoreline, providing facilities to the port of Shoreham. It is a manmade counterpart to Shoreham Harbour: the latter is a tidal reach of the Adur entered, sailing upstream, by turning to port from the rivermouth, while the canal is to starboard, greatly increasing the sheltered water frontage. Its banks are lined with wharves and warehouses.
The Shoreham Ship Canal can accommodate craft with a draught of 15 feet, beam of 40 feet and length of 240 feet.[1]
A lock was first built here in 1850 on the site of the current dry dock and the canal was opened in 1855 to provide a tide-free docking area for ships. The Prince George lock was opened in 1933 and the Prince Philip lock in 1958. [2]
Outside links
- Location map: 50°49’49"N, 0°13’29"W
- Streetmap: TQ25110491
- Shoreham Port
References
- ↑ Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Lewis. A. Edwards
- ↑ "History of Shoreham Port". http://www.shoreham-port.co.uk/History. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
