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Carriers' Dock

Dock on the River Mersey in England

Field	Value
name	Carriers' Dock
image	Dkbkpl26.jpg
caption	British Empire Dockyards and Ports map of 1909, showing North Carriers' Dock as Carrier Dock. By 1909, South Carriers' Dock had been replaced by Brocklebank Graving Dock.
location	Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SJ333943
opened	1862
closed	After September 1972
type	Wet dock
joins	Brocklebank Dock (former)
area	2 acre, 3423 sqyd
width_entrance	40 ft
quay_length	641 yd

Carriers' Dock (or North Carriers' Dock) was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. The dock was situated in the northern dock system and connected to Brocklebank Dock to the west.

History

The dock was originally the northern of a pair of docks joining Brocklebank Dock, known as North Carriers' Dock and South Carriers' Dock. The docks were each 40 ft wide at the entrance, and were intended for use by river goods carriers.

North Carriers' Dock was opened in 1862, with a basin covering 2 acre, 3423 sqyd and with a total quayside of 641 yd. South Carriers' Dock had a basin covering 1 acre, 4515 sqyd and with a total quayside of 615 yd.

The site of South Carriers' Dock was used for a graving dock in 1898.

From 15 May 1968 until 30 September 1972, the northern quayside of Carriers' Dock was used as a temporary terminal for the B&I Line, prior to the company using Trafalgar Dock, and for MD&HB cargo handling around the same time. The southern quayside of Carriers' Dock was a rough cargo berth.

North Carriers' Dock was filled in the late 20th century, and the site has been redeveloped.

References

Sources

References

{{harvnb. Wilson. c. 1866
{{harvnb. Office of Naval Intelligence. 1900
{{harvnb. McCarron. Jarvis. 1992
(1 January 1904). "Harbours and Inland Waterways in 1903". The Engineer.
{{harvnb. Collard. 2012
{{harvnb. Collard. 2015
{{harvnb. Collard. 2001
"Warehouse at 12 Effingham Street". Historic England.

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