Nelson Dock, Liverpool

Nelson Dock
Sign on the dock wall
Location
Location	Vauxhall, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°25′24″N 3°00′12″W / 53.4233°N 3.0032°W / 53.4233; -3.0032Coordinates: 53°25′24″N 3°00′12″W / 53.4233°N 3.0032°W / 53.4233; -3.0032
OS grid	SJ334923
Details
Owner	The Peel Group
Operator	Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Opened	1848
Type	Wet dock
Joins	Bramley-Moore Dock Salisbury Dock
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha), 4,786 sq yd (4,002 m²)^[1]
Width at entrance	60 ft (18 m)^[2]
Quay length	803 yd (734 m)^[3]

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.

History

The dock was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1848.^[4]

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.^[5]

↑ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 86
↑ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 87
↑ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 116
↑ Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 277
↑ "Peel unveil £5.5 billion investment plans". Peel Group. 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2008.

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.

Port of Liverpool docks

North docks	Alexandra Dock Bramley-Moore Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Carriers' Dock Clarence Dock Collingwood Dock Gladstone Dock Hornby Dock Huskisson Dock Langton Dock Liverpool2 Nelson Dock Prince's Dock Prince's Half-Tide Dock Salisbury Dock Sandon Dock Sandon Half Tide Dock Seaforth Dock Stanley Dock Trafalgar Dock Victoria Dock Wellington Dock Waterloo Dock

South docks	Albert Dock Brunswick Dock Brunswick Half Tide Dock Canning Dock Canning Half Tide Dock Chester Basin Coburg Dock Duke's 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)

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