The George's Basin was a
dock
A dock (from Dutch language, Dutch ''dok'') is the area of water between or next to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore) or such structures themselves. The ex ...
on the
River Mersey,
England, within the
Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered and was surrounded by
George's Dock to the south,
Prince's Dock
The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Seaborne trade at the port can be traced to at least the 13th century, originally con ...
to the north and the Mersey to the west.
Used as a berth for commercial shipping and as a
dry dock
A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...
for vessel repairs, the mouth of the basin was sealable with floodgates.
The basin was filled in 1874. In 1899, the adjoining George's Dock was filled in and the site was used to create what is now the
Pier Head. This provided one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which had been scattered across different sites.
By March 2009 work was completed
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.
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Liverpool docks
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