Are the to keep the water at the same level between the different docks

To let the water though and i think maybe a over flow for the LOCK system they've got

talking to an ex docker he reckoned that when a large ship came in the water it displaced was pushed into them
He said also if anyone fell in the water - drowned?
the first place they searched for a body was in them

I look at those "holes" everyday as I work in the building opposite -"Egerton House".

oh yeah?

keep an eye on your new security guard, he won`t last long

Didn't know we had one!

hmmm, interesting, i will pm you

Stop daydreaming and do some work!!!

Im sure there for Water Displacement.

All sorted now. Apparently, there are CPO Security people but being dim witted I never noticed them

To make matters worse, I've just changed floors and, as from Thursday, will only be a few doors down from their office on the 1st Floor.

Strange world.

Lowering the tone...again!!

A disgrace!! lol

I didn't even mean it in s gutter way Paul - I'm so misunderstood

Cant I Talk

There was a dock next door to Egreton dock so when a ship did enter egreton theres yer answer

After a bit of research - why are some quay walls made of arches?

When the ground is soft, piles have to be driven in and then these are bridged using arches, sometimes they are subsequently filled in, sometimes they are not.

The Egerton Dock arches do have back walls and in the roof have a hole. The dock wall has a number of manhole covers and two larger plates (which are above the two arched section), indicating it is quite likely hollow. Pure speculation but the roof holes may just be to reduce the slap/splashback effect of waves in the confined environment.

did you take the 2nd pic

Were you in a boat

Nah - I was going to edit the picture to make it look like that. The dock wall on the left is a walkable gradient so I just walked down it. I am in the process of making a long pole for my camera to be able to lower or raise it over/down walls etc, so might do some more pix in a couple of weeks.

can we have pix of 'camera on a pole?' im intrigued. How u gonna take the pix-another pole?

long pole

try one of those window washing poles that you reach upstairs windows with
They come in 2ft/2ft 6ins pieces that you just into each other to get the length you want
I presume you take the photos with the timer on

I've got one of those brush poles Derek, they are very good, but I don't know if I would trust my camera on one hanging upside down.

I've got an old tripod which is useless because its not very stable, I am hoping to adapt the 3 legs into one long telescopic leg. If not then the wash pole is a pretty cheap solution.

And yes, put the camera on a timer delay, or tape the button down and put it on continuous shot mode.

Can you not put a remote shutter release on the camera? What sort of camera is it?

No need, the other two methods cost nothing and work well. I have even thrown a camera up in the air in continuous shot mode to see over a wall, that was in the middle of some bad weather and just happened to be at the place when there was no rain.