Brocklebank Dock

Known as Canada Half Tide Dock when opened in 1862,^[1] it had two branch docks to the east which were known as North and South Carriers' Docks.^[2] Timber was initially the principal cargo,^[3] with fire a consequent safety concern. The original river entrance presented navigational difficulties, with the area affected by silting. The dock was renamed in 1879 in honour of Ralph Brocklebank,^[2] Chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board between 1863 and 1869.^[3]

By the 1920s, the dock was home to the Houlder Brothers shipping company which operated to South America, and to the Commonwealth Line which operated to Australia.^[2]

Subsequent modifications were made to Brocklebank Dock and the surrounding basins during the twentieth century, including the new Langton River Entrance in 1958.^[3]

Brocklebank Dock provided facilities for transporting passengers and freight between Liverpool and Belfast, in Northern Ireland, until it was superseded by the Twelve Quays ferry terminal at Birkenhead.

• McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.

• "Liverpool North Docks diagram". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
• Brocklebank Dock aerial photo