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Bidston Dock
The iron ore unloading cranes at Bidston Dock in 1964
Location
LocationBirkenhead, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′39″N 3°03′26″W / 53.4107°N 3.0573°W / 53.4107; -3.0573
OS gridSJ297909
Details
OwnerPeel Holdings (site)
OpenedMarch 1933[1]
Closedc. 1997

Bidston Dock was a dock at Birkenhead, in England. It was situated to the west of the Great Float, between Bidston and Poulton.

  1. ^ Booth, Adrian (September 2000). "Rea's of Birkenhead". Railway Bylines. Vol. 5, no. 10. Irwell Press. p. 477. ISSN 1360-2098.

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