Birkenhead Docks model 1:1200 scale – Lock gate construction

Model built for the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, UK.

Lock gates

L1 Alfred entrance Lock gates N outer 1 2.8 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L2 Alfred entrance Lock gates N inner 1 2.5 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L3 Alfred entrance Lock gates S outer 3 2.0 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L4 Alfred entrance Lock gates S inner 2 2.2 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19

Alfred entrance locks from River Mersey, north side (x2), south side inner (x3), south side outer (x2)

L5 Alfred / East float Lock gates N 2 2.8 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L6 Alfred / East float Lock gates mid 3 0.8 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L7 Alfred / East float Lock gates S 3 1.5 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19

Locks from Alfred dock into East Float, north side (x2), middle (x3), south (x3)

L8 Egerton / Morpeth Lock gates 1 1.7 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L9 Morpeth entrance Lock gates 4 2.4 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19

Morpeth entrance locks from River Mersey into Morpeth dock (x4) and gate between Morpeth and Egerton dock

L10 West Float graving Lock gates W 1 2.2 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L11 West Float graving Lock gates mid 1 1.2 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19
L12 West Float graving Lock gates E 1 1.5 0.3 2 gates 120 deg V section 26-Mar-19

Entrance gates for graving docks on the West Float