Glasson Dock

53.997793 - 2.847844Koordinaten: 54 ° 0 ' N, 2 ° 51 ' W

Glasson Dock ( also known as Glasson only ) is a village and harbor in Lancashire, England near the mouth of the River Lune in Morecambe Bay.

Glasson Dock was a settlement of fewer farmers and fishermen, which is called Old Glasson. 1779 approved the Port Authority of Lancaster to build a port which was easier to achieve than the extremely influenced by the large tidal range of the Lune quays in the city itself, the construction of the port began in 1780 and ended in 1787.

When they started in 1792 with the construction of the Lancaster Canal, the construction of a connection of the channel with the port was also decided. The construction of the branch canal was begun in 1823 and the waterway could be taken in 1825 despite the lack of warehouses. About the harbor were slate, brought wood, potatoes and corn to Lancashire and coal was shipped from here. Turnover of goods did not need many workers and, accordingly, the place did not grow. The importance of the port is now in its use as a marina, which handles only very little commercial shipping traffic. The marina has 220 berths. The port is blocked by flood gates, which are opened and closed according to the tides.

1883 was a port from Glasson Dock on the railway from Lancaster train station. By July 1930, no passenger on the track, which was then used until September 1964 only for freight.

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