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Dukes Dock and the Jurys Inn hotel
Dukes Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is in the southern dock system, connected to Salthouse Dock and Wapping Dock to the east. The Albert Dock is located immediately north, although not directly accessible by water.
Opening in 1773, Dukes Dock was built privately as a Liverpool based facility for traffic using the Bridgewater Canal from Manchester.[1]
The dock closed in 1972 and was partly filled in. Direct river access to the west is no longer provided, with the only remains of the river entrance being markings on the dock wall.
The water depth varies from around 6 feet up to 20 feet. The dock is sometimes used by sport scuba divers. Its water is clear and it has much underwater sealife.[2] This section of the docks is owned and maintained by British Waterways. They have licensed Wowballing on the dock to entertain local children, adults and tourists alike.[3]
References
- ^ Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks, Liverpool Museums, http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#geo, retrieved 24 March 2008
- ^ seen on visit Sunday 28 June 2009
- ^ Wowballs, http://www.wowballs.co.uk, retrieved 19 August 2009
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Coordinates: 53°23′56″N 2°59′27″W / 53.3988°N 2.9907°W
Port of Liverpool docks North docks Alexandra Dock • Bramley-Moore Dock • Brocklebank Dock • Canada Dock • Carrier Dock • Clarence Dock • Collingwood Dock • East Waterloo Dock • Gladstone Dock • Hornby Dock • Huskisson Dock • Langton Dock • Nelson Dock • Princes Dock • Princes Half Tide Dock • Salisbury Dock • Sandon Dock • Sandon Half Tide Dock • Seaforth Dock • Stanley Dock • Trafalgar Dock • Victoria Dock • Wellington Dock • West Waterloo DockSouth docks Albert Dock • Brunswick Dock • Brunswick Half Tide Dock • Canning Dock • Canning Half Tide Dock • Coburg Dock • Dukes Dock • George's Dock • George's Basin • Harrington Dock • Herculaneum Dock • King's Dock • Manchester Dock • Old Dock • Queen's Dock • Salthouse Dock • South Ferry Basin • Toxteth Dock • Wapping DockSee also Port of Liverpool and List of Liverpool Docks (with coordinates and north-south sequence) Categories:- Liverpool docks
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