Nelson Dock, Liverpool

Sign on dock wall

British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909

Nelson Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, connected to Bramley-Moore Dock to the north and Salisbury Dock to the south.

It was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1848.

In 2007, the Peel Group, owners of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, unveiled the £5.5 billion 'Liverpool Waters' regeneration programme. Nelson Dock is encompassed in the 150-acre (61 ha) site.^[1]

References

↑ Peel unveil £5.5 billion investment plans, Peel Group, 6 March 2007, retrieved 18 April 2008

External links

Coordinates: 53°25′24″N 3°00′12″W / 53.4233°N 3.0032°W / 53.4233; -3.0032

Port of Liverpool docks

North docks	Alexandra Dock Bramley-Moore Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Carrier Dock Clarence Dock Collingwood Dock East Waterloo Dock Gladstone Dock Hornby Dock Huskisson Dock Langton Dock Nelson Dock Princes Dock Princes Half Tide Dock Salisbury Dock Sandon Dock Sandon Half Tide Dock Seaforth Dock Stanley Dock Trafalgar Dock Victoria Dock Wellington Dock West Waterloo Dock

South docks	Albert Dock Brunswick Dock Brunswick Half Tide Dock Canning Dock Canning Half Tide Dock Coburg Dock Dukes Dock George's Dock George's Basin Harrington Dock Herculaneum Dock King's Dock Manchester Dock Old Dock Queen's Dock Salthouse Dock South Ferry Basin Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock

See also Port of Liverpool and List of Liverpool Docks (with coordinates and north-south sequence)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.