OS grid SJ335910 Opened 1810 | Owner The Peel Group | |
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Location Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom Operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Type Half tide dock (as built)
Wet dock (current) Joins Waterloo Dock
Prince's Dock Address Princes Parade, Liverpool L3 0BU, UK Similar Waterloo Dock, Trafalgar Dock, Canning Half Tide Dock, Collingwood Dock, Salisbury Dock | ||
Prince's Half-Tide Dock on the River Mersey, England, is a half tide dock and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, connected to East Waterloo Dock and West Waterloo Dock to the north and Prince's Dock to the south.
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History
The dock opened in 1810 and consisted of a lock entrance from the Mersey. This passage has since been closed off. The dock was rebuilt in 1868 by George Fosbery Lyster.
In 2007, work began on a £20 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, providing a further 1.4 mi (2.3 km) of navigable waterway and encompassing Prince's Half-Tide Dock. A new lock, and fixed bridge, was built at the entrance to the adjoining Prince's Dock. The dock was partly filled in to reduce its depth.
Future
The area surrounding Prince's Half-Tide Dock forms part of the proposed multi-billion pound Liverpool Waters development with a series of towers planned to be built around the dock.
Prince's Half-Tide Dock is the proposed location of the new £3.5 million Isle of Man ferry terminal, which will replace the existing facility at Pier Head, which is "nearing the end of its operational life" according to the report placed before Tynwald (the Isle of Man parliament). The proposals were discussed before Tynwald on 19th July 2016.