Sandon Half Tide Dock

Sandon Half Tide Dock

Sandon Half Tide Dock is a half tide dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Kirkdale, connected to Huskisson Dock to the north, Wellington Dock to the east and Bramley-Moore Dock to the south. Sandon Dock was situated to the north of Wellington Dock and was accessible via Sandon Half Tide Dock.

Opened in 1851, the site was originally part of both Sandon Dock and Wellington Half Tide Dock, which connected directly to the Mersey via a narrow lock entrance. At the turn of the twentieth century, Sandon Dock was redeveloped and an enlarged half tide dock created, [citeweb|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41373|title=Liverpool: the docks|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=18 April|accessyear=2008] with two larger locks built either side of the original entrance. When these access channels were sealed in March 1977, the water quality in the dock was noted to have improved. [citeweb|url=http://www.conservationevidence.com/ViewEntry.asp?ID=867|title=Restoration of a disused dock basin as a habitat for marine benthos and fish in the Mersey Estuary|work=Russell G., Hawkins S.J., Evans L.C., Jones H.D. & Holmes G.D|date=1983|publisher=conservationevidence.com|accessdate=20 April|accessyear=2008]

Between 18 and 21 July 2008, larger vessels participating in the 2008 Tall Ships' Race will be berthed in the dock. [citeweb|url=http://www.liverpool08.com/thetallshipsraces2008/ |title=The Tall Ships' Races 2008|work=Liverpool 08 website|accessdate=18 April|accessyear=2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm Liverpool North Docks map]
* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl27.jpgSandon Half Tide Dock historical map]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=333250&Y=392750&width=700&height=400&gride=333500&gridn=392750&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&pc=&zm=0&scale=5000&multimap.x=333&multimap.y=168 Sandon Half Tide Dock aerial photo]
* [http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/resource.aspx?resourceid=181 Sandon (Half Tide) Dock river entrances photo (c1936)]


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