SCRCA Location Type: Cattle Dock

Location Type Code
CD

A cattle dock is a type of loading platform or loading dock (a.k.a. dock) that was specifically designed to facilitate the loading and unloading of livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and geese. The platforms of cattle docks were usually higher than the platforms used by passengers. This allowed livestock to easily and safely walk between the dock platform and adjacent livestock wagons via level or gently-sloping temporary ramps. Cattle docks usually included two or more fenced enclosures (livestock pens) to keep individual wagon-loads of animals together and to stop the animals escaping.

Examples

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SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 3 pens

Location ID: 247160

Ribblehead Station Cattle Dock

Ribblehead Station Cattle Dock: Elevation view from the south-east

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 4 pens

Location ID: 256570

Garsdale Station Cattle Dock

Garsdale Station - Cattle Dock - 4 pens

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 6 pens

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 7 pens

Location ID: 288240

Langwathby Station Cattle Dock

Langwathby Station Cattle Dock: North elevation view

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 8 pens

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 9 pens

Location ID: 277200

Appleby Station Cattle Dock

Appleby Station Cattle Dock from the north-northwest.

SCRCA Location Variant: Cattle Dock - 10 pens

 

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