Sandon Dock was a

dock A dock (from 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 exact meaning va ...

on the

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, and part of the

Port of Liverpool The Port of Liverpool is the enclosed dock system that runs from Brunswick Dock in Liverpool to Seaforth Dock, Seaforth, on the east side of the River Mersey and the Birkenhead Docks between Birkenhead and Wallasey on the west side of th ...

. Situated in the northern dock system, it was east of Sandon Half Tide Dock, to which it was once connected.

History

It was designed by

Jesse Hartley Jesse Hartley (21 December 1780 – 24 August 1860) was Civil Engineer and Superintendent of the Concerns of the Dock Estate in Liverpool, England between 1824 and 1860. Hartley's career Despite having no experience of dock building, Hartley was ...

and opened in 1851. Originally the dock basin was considerably larger and consisted of six

graving 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, ...

s to the north.

Sandon and Canada Dock Goods railway station Sandon may refer to: Places * Sandon, British Columbia * Sandon, Essex * Sandon, Hertfordshire * Sandon, Staffordshire ** Salt and Sandon railway station ** Sandon Hall, a 19th-century country mansion ** Sandon railway station * Sandon, Victori ...

was situated adjacent to the dock, and opened by the

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