West Bank Dock was situated on the

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Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...

. It was built in 1864 to cater for the growing chemical industry. It took over some of the traffic of the

Widnes Dock Widnes Dock was the first rail-to-ship facility in the world. It was built in 1833 between the end of the Sankey Canal and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway in Widnes. History The remains of the dock are to be found on Spike Island. The ...

. The dock closed in the 1970s. In 2008, the

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had received a contract for "the demolition of an unused industrial estate and the cleanup of acres of contaminated land at the West Bank Dock Estate in Widnes." from the

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. The new Mersey Multimodal Gateway will be built on the old West Bank Dock Estate.

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External links

Site description of the West Bank Dock (Matheson Road) Estate
Mersey docks Ports and harbours of Cheshire Buildings and structures completed in 1864 {{Cheshire-struct-stub