George's Basin

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The George's Basin was a dock on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. The basin surface covered Template:Convert<ref>Template:Citation, available at Google Books</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Citation, available at Google Books</ref>

The basin was filled in 1874.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> In 1899, the adjoining George's Dock was filled in and the site was used to create what is now the Pier Head.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> This provided one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which had been scattered across different sites.

By March 2009 work was completed<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> 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.<ref name="Liverpool Canal Link: The Scheme">Template:Citation</ref>