No.1 Slipway
Listed Building: Grade II
Built: 1838, opened in the presence of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.
Type: Morton's Patent
Length: 300ft above low water
Ramp Width: 40ft
Slope: 1:16
Weight Limit: 400/500 tons
Construction: Granite blocks, 3 sets of double rails nearly 11ft apart, wheeled cradle.
Hauling Method:
Manual Capstan 1838, which would require something like 48 men to man the capstan.
Steam Capstan 1878
Electric Capstan DC 1914
Electric Capstan AC circa 1949
Hydraulic Winch Date?
Cost: £14,000

No.2 Slipway
Built: 1942
Length: ?
Width: 25ft
Slope: ?
Weight Limit: 100 tons displacement
Construction: Concrete
Hauling Method:
24 hp petrol engine 1942
Electric Winch 1960's

No.3 Slipway
Built: 1942
Length: ?
Width: 18ft
Slope: ?
Weight Limit: 100 tons displacement
Construction: Concrete
Hauling Method:
24 hp petrol engine 1942
Electric Winch 1960's
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This image shows how I imagine the slipway area looked around the time slipways 2 and 3 were built in 1943.

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Ramsgate, 1947

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This image shows how I imagine the slipway area looked around the time slipways 2 and 3 were built in 1943.

© Historic England

Ramsgate, 1947

No.1 Slipway
Listed Building: Grade II
Built: 1838, opened in the presence of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.
Type: Morton's Patent
Length: 300ft above low water
Ramp Width: 40ft
Slope: 1:16
Weight Limit: 400/500 tons
Construction: Granite blocks, 3 sets of double rails nearly 11ft apart, wheeled cradle.
Hauling Method:
Manual Capstan 1838, which would require something like 48 men to man the capstan.
Steam Capstan 1878
Electric Capstan DC 1914
Electric Capstan AC circa 1949
Hydraulic Winch Date?
Cost: £14,000

No.2 Slipway
Built: 1942
Length: ?
Width: 25ft
Slope: ?
Weight Limit: 100 tons displacement
Construction: Concrete
Hauling Method:
24 hp petrol engine 1942
Electric Winch 1960's

No.3 Slipway
Built: 1942
Length: ?
Width: 18ft
Slope: ?
Weight Limit: 100 tons displacement
Construction: Concrete
Hauling Method:
24 hp petrol engine 1942
Electric Winch 1960's
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You are very welcome to link to this site, though any form of duplication requires written consent from me unless otherwise stated.