Alexandra Dock, Liverpool

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Alexandra Dock
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"Go Pegasus" in Alexandra Dock, seen from across the River Mersey
Location
Location Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°26′51″N3°00′43″W / 53.4474°N 3.0120°W / 53.4474; -3.0120 Coordinates: 53°26′51″N3°00′43″W / 53.4474°N 3.0120°W / 53.4474; -3.0120
OS grid SJ328849
Details
Owner Peel Holdings
Operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Opened1881
Type Wet dock
Joins
Area44 acres (18 ha) [1]
Transport links

Alexandra Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. Alexandra Dock consists of a main basin nearest the river wall and three branch docks to the east, with the southern branch mostly filled in.

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Alexandra Dock, April 2017.
Loading steel scrap at Alexandra Dock, April 2017. Alexandra dock scrap metal.jpg
Loading steel scrap at Alexandra Dock, April 2017.

History

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Northern docks of Liverpool

The dock was built by George Fosbery Lyster between 1874 and 1882. [1] During its construction, the dock was known as Atlantic Dock for about a year. [2] Opened in 1881 and named in honour of Queen Alexandra, [2] the dock has three branch docks and is connected to Hornby Dock to the north and Langton Dock to the south. [3] Initially, access was through Langton Dock and the problematic Canada Basin. [2]

Prior to the construction of Seaforth Dock, Alexandra Dock was involved in the grain trade. [4] The grain silos had a 110,000 ton capacity, with floor space for a further 20,000 tons. [2] The dock also had refrigeration facilities, which were provided by Union Cold Storage, [4] for imported frozen meat. When built, the cold store was the largest in Europe with a capacity of 2,668,000 cu ft (75,500 m3). [2] The facility was built at the end of No. 3 Branch Dock, and allowed direct transfer to ships in No. 2 Branch Dock. [2]

The dock was served by LNWR Alexandra Dock railway station and the Liverpool Overhead Railway's Alexandra Dock (LOR) railway station.

Latterly, its main export is recycled scrap metal. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 277
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McCarron & Jarvis 1992 , pp. 4–6
  3. ↑ McCarron & Jarvis 1992 , pp. viii–ix
  4. 1 2 Woolley 1989 , p. 28
  5. ↑ Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks, Liverpool Museums, archived from the original on 28 October 2008, retrieved 16 July 2008

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