Brunswick Dock
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| Brunswick Dock | |
|---|---|
 Brunswick Dock | |
| Location | |
| Location | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°23′20″N 2°59′00″W / 53.3888°N 2.9833°W |
| OS grid | SJ347884 |
| Details | |
| Owner | Canal & River Trust[1] |
| Opened | 1832[2] |
| Type | Wet dock |
| Joins | |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha), 3,010 sq yd (2,520 m2) (in 1858)[3] |
| Width at entrance | 60 ft (18 m) (in 1858)[4] |
| Quay length | 1,086 yd (993 m) (in 1858)[4] |
- Brunswick Dock is also the name of a dock in London, which became part of the East India Docks.
Brunswick Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Coburg Dock to the north, Toxteth Dock to the south.
History[edit]
First suggested in 1809, the dock was built by Jesse Hartley between 1827 and 1832, when it opened, specifically for importing timber.[5] The dock was Hartley's first.[6] It consisted of two lock entrances from the river. In 1854, Cato, Miller & Company built ships at Brunswick Dock. The dock was rebuilt with a southern extension in 1905 by Anthony George Lyster.[5] The dock closed in 1975,[2] although one lock was reopened in 1987 for small watercraft.[5]
Present[edit]
The Royal Navy Headquarters for the North of England (RNHQ NE) is on Brunswick Dock, which includes the Royal Naval Reserve shore establishment HMS Eaglet.[7] The Archer-class patrol vessels HMS Biter and HMS Charger are based in the dock. Due to tidal restrictions at Brunswick, however, the two ships spend most of their time at Langton Dock in the North dock system in order to enable them to carry out their University Royal Naval Unit training programs more effectively.
This and the other docks in the southern system are owned by the Canal & River Trust,[1] with part of the dock set aside for moorings within Liverpool Marina.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide" (PDF). Canal & River Trust. August 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Brunswick Dock". Liverpool History Online. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- ^ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 104
- ^ a b Baines 1859, Part II, p. 117
- ^ a b c Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 270
- ^ Ashmore 1982, p. 162
- ^ "HMS Eaglet (Liverpool)". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
Sources[edit]
- Ashmore, Owen (1982). The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719008207. OCLC 8555887.
- Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994.
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300109108. OCLC 63396571.
Further reading[edit]
- McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. pp. 18–20. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.
External links[edit]
- "Liverpool South Docks diagram". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.
- Brunswick Dock aerial photo