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[[Image:Draw-dock-at-Ravens-Ait.jpg|thumb|the draw dock at Raven's Ait, now a car park]] |
[[Image:Draw-dock-at-Ravens-Ait.jpg|thumb|the draw dock at Raven's Ait, now a car park]] |
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A '''Draw Dock''' is usually a narrow inlet in a river bank, sometimes lined, sometimes not, into which boats of reasonable size may be drawn for repair.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?thes_no=1&term_no=91791 |title=English heritage Online Thesaurus |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbase.com/john_cooper/image/56555905 |title=High Tide Line at Fulham Draw Dock |publisher=John Cooper |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> |
A '''Draw Dock''' is usually a narrow inlet in a river bank, sometimes lined, sometimes not, into which boats of reasonable size may be drawn for repair.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?thes_no=1&term_no=91791 |title=English heritage Online Thesaurus |accessdate=2008-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222543/http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?thes_no=1&term_no=91791 |archivedate=2007-09-30 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbase.com/john_cooper/image/56555905 |title=High Tide Line at Fulham Draw Dock |publisher=John Cooper |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> |
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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. |
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. |
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A Draw Dock is usually a narrow inlet in a river bank, sometimes lined, sometimes not, into which boats of reasonable size may be drawn for repair.[1][2]
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.
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- ^ "English heritage Online Thesaurus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "High Tide Line at Fulham Draw Dock". John Cooper. Retrieved 2008-04-01.