George's Basin

The George's Basin was an area of waterway within the Port of Liverpool on the River Mersey in London, United Kingdom. The basin surface covered Acre to ha |3| round=1 [cite book |title =A Gazetteer of the World | first = | last =Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | coauthors= | month = | year =1856 | publisher =A. Fullarton | pages =764 | url =| isbn =, available at [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=srgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA764&lpg=PA764&dq=%22george's+basin%22+mersey&source=web&ots=nlB5pUMmfz&sig=K2ZO4KXXWVUIirEFDXEniQvqN-4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPP1,M1 Google Books] ] and was surrounded by Georges Dock in the south, Princes Dock to the north and the Mersey to the west, and was used for commercial shipping and as a dry dock for vessel repairs, the mouth of the basin being sealable with floodgates. [cite book |title =The Annual Register, or a view of the History, Politics and Literature of the year 1836 | first = | last = | coauthors= | month = | year =1837 | publisher =J.G. & F. Rivington, London | pages =p16 | url = | isbn =, available at [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bl2dsEJAx98C&pg=RA2-PA16&lpg=RA2-PA16&dq=%22george's+basin%22+dock&source=web&ots=nhbHZSm2I8&sig=jWebqHDeInqOAVGsb1ixI_zVK0Y&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Google Books] ]

In 1899 the basin and the adjoining Georges Dock were filled in to create what is now the Pier Head. [citeweb|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#geo|title=Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks|work=Liverpool Museums|accessdate=2008-09-16]

References

External links

* http://www.liverpoolcanallink.co.uk/
* http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/news9.htm
* http://www.merseydocks.co.uk/index2.htm
* http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=333654&Y=392542&width=700&height=410&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&pc=&zm=0&scale=5000&left.x=5&left.y=144 Aerial Photo]