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| Keywords: Ribble Link 04c216.jpg The rising sector gate on the Ribble Link at SD 479 295 in Lea Marsh This is just south of the Lea Gate Hotel Blackpool Road about 5 km west of Preston Lancashire England and about 500 metres north of where the Ribble Link / Savick Brook enters the River Ribble At low tide the brook below this point and the Ribble itself are unnavigable because there is too little draught available At this time the sector gate is raised as in this photo to maintain a navigable depth of water between here and the sea lock about 600 metres upstream On the incoming tide once the water is level either side of the gate it is lowered to allow boats to pass Photo taken 2004 December 26 12 43 Roger W Haworth Ribble Link Water transport Lancashire Images by Roger W Haworth | ||||
