George's Basin
The George's Basin was a dock on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered 3 acres (1.2 ha)[1] and was surrounded by George's Dock to the south, Princes Dock to the north and the Mersey to the west.
Used as a berth for commercial shipping and as a dry dock for vessel repairs, the mouth of the basin was sealable with floodgates.[2]
In 1899 the basin and the adjoining George's Dock were filled in to create what is now the Pier Head,[3] to provide one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which before were scattered across different sites.
By March 2009 work was completed[4][5] on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the site of the former basin. The canal extension provides a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway.[6]
References
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1856), A Gazetteer of the World, A. Fullarton, p. 764 , available at Google Books
- ^ The Annual Register, or a view of the History, Politics and Literature of the year 1836, J.G. & F. Rivington, London, 1837, p. 16 , available at Google Books
- ^ Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks, Liverpool Museums, http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#geo, retrieved 16 September 2008
- ^ Liverpool Canal Link, March 2009 (Page 2: Pier Head), Pennine Waterways, http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/liverpool-link26.htm, retrieved 7 July 2009
- ^ New canal link to boost tourism, BBC News, 25 March 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7962742.stm, retrieved 7 July 2009
- ^ Liverpool Canal Link: The Scheme, British Waterways, http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/liverpool-canal-link/the-scheme, retrieved 7 July 2009
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