No.3 Slip Cover
Slip Cover 1838 was designed as a place where warships could be constructed under cover. No 3 Slip was one of Europe's largest wide span structures when it was built. In 1904 the slipway was filled in and this mezzanine floor erected to store ships boats. Today it is a very rare survivor of a type of building designed and built by naval architects and Royal Engineers around the world and is one of The Historic Dockyard's architectural gems.
Built in 1838, the immense covered slip was, when built, the largest wide span timber structure in Europe. No.3 Slip stands at the cusp of technological change, its amazing cantilever roof was built to the design of shipwright Sir Robert Seppings. It features a gracefully curved ‘apse’ at its landward end, designed to accommodate a ship’s bow. Although buildings of this kind were constructed around the world, 3 Slip is now a rare survival.
Today 3 Slip is home to a vast array of epic objects and vehicles from the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive and Imperial War Museum collections.
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England.
Chatham Dockyard covered 162 hectares and was one of the Royal Navy's main facilities for several hundred years until it was closed in 1984. After closure the dockyard was divided into three sections. The easternmost basin was handed over to Medway Ports and is now a commercial port, although the landowner plans to close it in 2025. Another slice was converted into a mixed commercial, residential and leisure development. 32 hectares, comprising the 18th-century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor attraction. It claims to be the world's most complete dockyard of the age of sail.
thedockyard.co.uk/attractions/3-slip-big-space/?srsltid=A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard
No.3 Slip Cover
Slip Cover 1838 was designed as a place where warships could be constructed under cover. No 3 Slip was one of Europe's largest wide span structures when it was built. In 1904 the slipway was filled in and this mezzanine floor erected to store ships boats. Today it is a very rare survivor of a type of building designed and built by naval architects and Royal Engineers around the world and is one of The Historic Dockyard's architectural gems.
Built in 1838, the immense covered slip was, when built, the largest wide span timber structure in Europe. No.3 Slip stands at the cusp of technological change, its amazing cantilever roof was built to the design of shipwright Sir Robert Seppings. It features a gracefully curved ‘apse’ at its landward end, designed to accommodate a ship’s bow. Although buildings of this kind were constructed around the world, 3 Slip is now a rare survival.
Today 3 Slip is home to a vast array of epic objects and vehicles from the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive and Imperial War Museum collections.
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England.
Chatham Dockyard covered 162 hectares and was one of the Royal Navy's main facilities for several hundred years until it was closed in 1984. After closure the dockyard was divided into three sections. The easternmost basin was handed over to Medway Ports and is now a commercial port, although the landowner plans to close it in 2025. Another slice was converted into a mixed commercial, residential and leisure development. 32 hectares, comprising the 18th-century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor attraction. It claims to be the world's most complete dockyard of the age of sail.
thedockyard.co.uk/attractions/3-slip-big-space/?srsltid=A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard