From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Coburg Dock

Dock in Liverpool, England

Field	Value
name	Coburg Dock
image	File:Boats in Liverpool Marina at Coburg Dock 1.jpg
location	Liverpool, United Kingdom
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SJ345887
owner	Canal & River Trust
opened	1840
type	Wet dock
joins
area	8 acre, 26 sqyd (in 1858)
width_entrance	70 ft (in 1858)
quay_length	1053 yd (in 1858)

British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909

Coburg Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Queens Dock to the north, Brunswick Dock to the south.

History

The Union Half Tide Basin and Brunswick Basin first existed on the site, which were built c.1817-23. Brunswick Basin was renamed as Coburg Dock in 1840, in honour of Prince Albert, and provided with a 70 ft-wide river entrance. From 1842, the dock became Jesse Hartley's South Dockyard headquarters. Coburg Dock was enlarged in 1858, consuming the Union dock, and enlarged again in 1902. The river entrance fell into disuse and was subsequently sealed up. The dock was used as a repair berth and for grain discharge, having a 62000 LT capacity grain silo. The dock closed in 1972. In 1986, the grain silo near the dock basin was demolished.

South Ferry Basin or 'The Cockle Hole', a small open basin to the south, was little known under its own name and often confused as being part of Coburg Dock.

Present use

This and the other docks in the southern system were owned by British Waterways, now transferred to the Canal & River Trust. Part of the dock is set aside for moorings within Liverpool Marina. Mariner's Wharf, on the north quayside, was built between 1989 and 1997.

References

Sources

References

(August 2015). "Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide". Canal & River Trust.
{{harvnb. Baines. 1859
{{harvnb. Baines. 1859
{{harvnb. Pollard. Pevsner. 2006
{{harvnb. McCarron. Jarvis. 1992
"Liverpool: The docks". British History Online.
"Grain silo and Coburg Dock Marina, 1986". Black & White Picture Place.
{{harvnb. Whittington-Egan. 1972

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

liverpool-docks

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Coburg Dock — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report