George's Basin
The George's Basin was a dock on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered 3 acres (1.2 ha)[1] and was surrounded by George's Dock to the south, Princes Dock to the north and the Mersey to the west.
Used as a berth for commercial shipping and as a dry dock for vessel repairs, the mouth of the basin was sealable with floodgates.[2]
In 1899 the basin and the adjoining George's Dock were filled in to create what is now the Pier Head,[3] to provide one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which before were scattered across different sites.
By March 2009 work was completed[4][5] on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the site of the former basin. The canal extension provides a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway.[6]
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