Before: Low water at the confluence of the Savick and the Ribble on the 2nd November 1994.
Before: Looking towards the Ribble at a 10.1m high tide on the 5th November 1994.
Before: Looking towards the Ribble from Blackpool Road, 6th April 2000.
Wed 10th Jul 2002: A slightly wider view showing the steel cabin which houses the electrical apparatus for operating the rising-sector gate.
Before: Blackpool Road bridge at a 10.1m high tide after heavy rain on the 5th November 1994. The clearance below the bridge is approximately 750mm.
Before: Looking towards the Ribble from a little way east of Blackpool Road bridge two hours after a 9.1m high tide. Lock one will be just about in the centre of this view.
Before: Looking down stream from the western end of Blackpool Road bridge, 6th April 2000.
Wed 10th Jul 2002: Bank piling, bank profiling and dredging has been completed around the two bends between lock 9 and Blackpool Road bridge. Continuous piling has been installed to protect a length of bank which has suffered from erosion in recent years.
Before: Looking up-stream through Blackpool Road bridge at low tide.