He marches onto a floating dock and we follow, threatening to swamp the old planks.

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Consider the floating dry dock.

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They wanted to transfer it to Rosemont, where it would become a dry-dock casino floating in 2 feet of water, miles from the closest river.

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Liverpool businessman Mr Bubbles already owns two other floating hotels in the dock - the FAB4 Beatles Yellow Submarine Hotel and one themed around the Batman villain The Joker.

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Not to be confused with a house boat which is mobile and can move around a floating home is permanently attached to a dock, is connected to a sewer system and does not have its own means of propulsion.

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He presented his weather reports using a large floating map of the British Isles at Liverpool's Albert Dock.

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Mr Talbot, who worked for ITV's Granada Reports programme, is best known for his work on the ITV programme This Morning when he presented his weather reports using a large floating map of the British Isles at Liverpool's Albert Dock.

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