George's Basin

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The George's Basin was a dock on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered {{convert|3|acre}}{{citation|title =A Gazetteer of the World | last =Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | year=1856 | publisher=A. Fullarton | page=764}}, available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=srgNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22george's+basin%22+mersey&pg=PP1 Google Books] and was surrounded by George's Dock to the south, Prince's Dock to the north and the Mersey to the west.

Used as a berth for commercial shipping and as a dry dock for vessel repairs, the mouth of the basin was sealable with floodgates.{{citation|title=The Annual Register, or a view of the History, Politics and Literature of the year 1836 | year=1837 | publisher=J.G. & F. Rivington, London | page=16}}, available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bl2dsEJAx98C&dq=%22george's+basin%22+dock&pg=RA2-PA16 Google Books]

The basin was filled in 1874.{{harvnb|McCarron|Jarvis|1992|p=40}} In 1899, the adjoining George's Dock was filled in and the site was used to create what is now the Pier Head.{{citation|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#geo |title=Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks |publisher=Liverpool Museums |access-date=16 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028185038/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#geo |archive-date=28 October 2008 }} This provided one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which had been scattered across different sites.

By March 2009 work was completed{{citation|url=http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/liverpool-link26.htm |title=Liverpool Canal Link, March 2009 (Page 2: Pier Head) |publisher=Pennine Waterways |access-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127150244/http://penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/liverpool-link26.htm |archive-date=27 November 2010 }}{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7962742.stm|title=New canal link to boost tourism|date=25 March 2009|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 July 2009}} on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the site of the former basin. The canal extension provides a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway.{{citation|url=http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/liverpool-canal-link/the-scheme |title=Liverpool Canal Link: The Scheme |publisher=British Waterways |access-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728215259/http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/liverpool-canal-link/the-scheme |archive-date=28 July 2009 }}