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Turning Basin, Port of Workington
Turning Basin
site name:-   Port of Workington
locality:-   Workington
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   dock
coordinates:-   NX98802951 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9829
10Km square:-   NX92

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Turning Basin
source data:-   image AY01p393, button  goto source
Page 393:-  "..."
"North jetty ... forms what is known as Turning basin; depths of 4 1/2 feet (1m4) are maintained in this basin and in the channel in the approach to it."

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