George's Basin
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The George's Basin was a dock on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered Template:Convert[1] and was surrounded by George's Dock to the south, Prince's 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]
The basin was filled in 1874.[3] In 1899, the adjoining George's Dock was filled in and the site was used to create what is now the Pier Head.[4] This provided one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which had been scattered across different sites.
By March 2009 work was completed[5][6] 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.[7]
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