Alexandra Dock, Liverpool

The dock was built by George Fosbery Lyster between 1874 and 1882.^[1] During its construction, the dock was known as Atlantic Dock for about a year.^[2] Opened in 1881 and named in honour of Queen Alexandra,^[2] the dock has three branch docks and is connected to Hornby Dock to the north and Langton Dock to the south.^[3] Initially, access was through Langton Dock and the problematic Canada Basin.^[2]

Prior to the construction of Seaforth Dock, Alexandra Dock was involved in the grain trade.^[4] The grain silos had a 110,000 ton capacity, with floor space for a further 20,000 tons.^[2] The dock also had refrigeration facilities, which were provided by Union Cold Storage,^[4] for imported frozen meat. When built, the cold store was the largest in Europe with a capacity of 2,668,000 cu ft (75,500 m³).^[2] The facility was built at the end of No. 3 Branch Dock, and allowed direct transfer to ships in No. 2 Branch Dock.^[2]

The dock was served by LNWR Alexandra Dock railway station and the Liverpool Overhead Railway's Alexandra Dock (LOR) railway station.

Latterly, its main export is recycled scrap metal.^[5]

• McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.
• Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300109108. OCLC 63396571.
• Woolley, Peter W. (1989). Liverpool. Vol. 2: A Portrait of the Docks and River Mersey. S. B. Publications. ISBN 9781870708173. OCLC 834469835.

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• "Liverpool North Docks diagram". Liverpool 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007.
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