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Victoria Dock, Liverpool

Dock in Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Field	Value
name	Victoria Dock
image	Victoria-Trafalgar Dock entrance.jpg
caption	Gateway to Victoria Dock
location	Liverpool, United Kingdom
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SJ334914
opened	1836
closed	1988
type	Wet dock
area	5 acre, 3559 sqyd (in 1859)
width_entrance	40 ft (in 1859)
quay_length	755 yd (in 1859)

Victoria Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the northern dock system, it was connected to Trafalgar Dock to the north and West Waterloo Dock to the south.

History

The dock was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1836, on the same day as Trafalgar Dock. The dock was named after Princess Victoria, the heir apparent to William IV, and was one of the last opened specifically for sailing ships. Victoria Dock originally had its own river entrance, which was closed in 1846.

Between 1844 and 1921, the Ordnance Datum for the British Isles was taken from the level of the Victoria Dock. The dock was altered in 1848. By 1858, the largest share of the dock's trade was with America. The dock was unmodernised until 1929.

In 1972 the body of the dock was filled in as part of the construction of a ferry terminal for the B&I Line. The remainder of the dock was closed in 1988.

References

Sources

References

{{harvnb. McCarron. Jarvis. 1992
{{harvnb. Baines. 1859
"History of Liverpool Docks". Old Mersey Times.
"Datum height differences". Ordnance Survey.
"Liverpool: The docks". British History Online.
{{harvnb. Baines. 1859

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