Victoria Dock, Liverpool
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Victoria Dock was a dock on the River Mersey
, England
and part of the Port of Liverpool
. Situated in the northern dock system, it was connected to Trafalgar Dock
to the north and West Waterloo Dock
to the south. It was designed by Jesse Hartley
and opened in 1836.
The Ordnance Datum
for the British Isles was taken from the level of the Victoria Dock between 1844 and 1921.
In 1972, the body of the dock was filled in as part of the construction of a ferry terminal for the B&I Line.
River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and part of the Port of Liverpool
Port of Liverpool
The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed 7.5 mile dock system that runs from Brunswick Dock in Liverpool to Seaforth Dock, Seaforth, on the east side of the River Mersey and the Birkenhead Docks between Birkenhead and Wallasey on the west side of the river...
. Situated in the northern dock system, it was connected to Trafalgar Dock
Trafalgar Dock
Trafalgar Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall and connected to Salisbury Dock to the north. The sites of two former docks are located in the vicinity; Victoria Dock was located to the south and Clarence Dock...
to the north and West Waterloo Dock
West Waterloo Dock
West Waterloo Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall and connected to Princes Half Tide Dock to the south...
to the south. It was designed by Jesse Hartley
Jesse Hartley
Jesse Hartley was Civil Engineer and Superintendent of the Concerns of the Dock Estate in Liverpool, England between 1824 and 1860.-Hartley's career:...
and opened in 1836.
The Ordnance Datum
Ordnance Datum
In the British Isles, an Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level is used for the datum...
for the British Isles was taken from the level of the Victoria Dock between 1844 and 1921.
In 1972, the body of the dock was filled in as part of the construction of a ferry terminal for the B&I Line.