Egerton Dock

Egerton Dock is a dock at Birkenhead, in England. The dock is situated between East Float and Morpeth Dock, within Birkenhead's dock system.

Egerton Dock
Egerton House, originally opened on 24 June 1873 as a railway goods warehouse.[1]
Location
LocationBirkenhead, United Kingdom
Coordinates53.39887°N 3.01964°W / 53.39887; -3.01964
OS gridSJ322895
Details
OwnerPeel Holdings
Opened1847
JoinsMorpeth Dock

History

The dock was the second named as Egerton Dock along the Mersey, the first being the forerunner to Harrington Dock.[2] Named after Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton who laid the foundation stone in October 1844, the dock was completed in 1847.[3] This was just prior to a suspension of the dock scheme, due to a financial crisis affecting the Birkenhead Dock Company.[4]

The dock was originally accessible to shipping from the East Float and via the Morpeth Dock entrance from the River Mersey. Both these passages have since been filled in, making both docks effectively landlocked.[5]

For the majority of its use, it served the LNWR and CLC goods stations which adjoined the dock.[6] The LNWR had a warehouse, on the southern quayside, much used for storing bananas.[6] The dock was partially filled in 1991,[6] removing access from East Float.

Egerton Bridge
Egerton Bridge

Egerton Bridge is situated between Egerton Dock and Morpeth Dock and is a working example of a bascule bridge. It was built between 1928 and 1931, as one of four similar bascule bridges in the Merseyside docks, replacing an earlier swing bridge. The bridge and the machine house were completely restored in 1993 and opened to the public in 1995.[7]

See also

References
  1. Maund 2000, p. 31
  2. McCarron & Jarvis 1992, pp. 37, 48
  3. Ashmore 1982, p. 156
  4. Birkenhead Docks (page1), Merseyside Views, retrieved 12 October 2007
  5. Collard, Ian (2007), Birkenhead Docks, Tempus Publishing, p. 73, ISBN 978-0-7524-4259-4
  6. McCarron & Jarvis 1992, pp. 37–38
  7. The Birkenhead Dock System (art project), Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, archived from the original on 8 November 2005, retrieved 12 October 2007

Sources
  • Ashmore, Owen (1982). The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719008207. OCLC 8555887.
  • Maund, T.B. (2000). The Birkenhead Railway (LMS & GW joint). RCTS. ISBN 9780901115874. OCLC 49815012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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