Minimum depth of "water".

[tetters]

Tetters, having a wood dock the size you are planning means that half of your yard would be on this wood dock. Somehow I doubt that this arrangement is prototypical (but I may be wrong).

It's my railroad and I want the yard on the dock.

I doubt is prototypical too. I taking my modelers license and running with it on this one. The prototype police won't be catching me on this one and if they do, they'll have to shoot to kill!

Then again. I may go that route. I really the like the look of the wood dock though. I'm still weeks, if not months away from any actual construction. We shall see.