Draw dock

A draw dock (also draw-dock) is a creek or inlet in a navigable river bank, sometimes lined, sometimes not, into which boats or barges may be drawn for repair or to land cargoes.[1][2][3]

Draw dock at Raven's Ait, now a car park

Some draw docks, such as the one on the right bank of the Thames at Raven's Ait in Surbiton, are simply wide slipways, others have gates, and boats float into them.

Notes
  1. "English heritage Online Thesaurus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  2. "High Tide Line at Fulham Draw Dock". John Cooper. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  3. Oxford Engkish Dictionary Online, 'Draw-dock'.
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