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Trafalgar Dock

Dock on the River Mersey in England

Field	Value
name	Trafalgar Dock
image	Trafalgar Dock apartments - geograph.org.uk - 39822.jpg
caption	Trafalgar Dock apartments seen from across the River Mersey
location	Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SJ333919
owner	The Peel Group
operator	Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
opened	1836
type	Wet dock
joins
area	5 acre, 4546 sqyd (in 1859)
width_entrance	45 ft (in 1859)
quay_length	764 yd (in 1859)

Former entrance to the old Trafalgar Dock from the Mersey.

Trafalgar Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall and connected to Salisbury Dock to the north. The sites of two former docks are located in the vicinity; Victoria Dock was located to the south and Clarence Dock to the east.

History

Trafalgar Dock was designed by Jesse Hartley, opened in 1836 and named after the Battle of Trafalgar.

During the early 1990s, most of the dock basin was used as a designated landfill site. This has left only a section of the northern part of the dock and a narrow channel along the eastern dock wall. What remains of the dock provides access to Clarence Graving Docks.

In 2007, work began on a £20 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, providing a further 1.4 mi of navigable waterway. A new 6.5 m-wide channel was excavated through Trafalgar Dock to the northern end of West Waterloo Dock as part of the canal route.

References

Sources

References

"Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide 2016". Canal & River Trust.
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"Trafalgar Dock". Liverpool History Online.
"Liverpool Canal Link: (Section 2) Central Docks Channel". British Waterways.
"Liverpool Canal Link: The Scheme". British Waterways.

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