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Alfred Dock
Alfred Dock with the Liverpool skyline in the background
Location
LocationBirkenhead, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′13″N 3°01′12″W / 53.40361°N 3.02000°W / 53.40361; -3.02000
OS gridSJ322901
Details
OwnerPeel Holdings
Opened21 June 1866[1]
Joins
  • River Mersey
  • East Float
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)[2]
Quay length460 yd (420 m)[2]

Alfred Dock is a dock at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The dock covers an area of 8 acres (32,000 m2) and provides access to the Great Float from the River Mersey.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference McCarron1992-7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Baynes, Thomas Spencer; Smith, William Robertson, eds. (1878). "798" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. III (Ninth ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 780 – via Wikisource.

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