| Alfred Dock | |
|---|---|
 Alfred Dock with the Liverpool skyline in the background | |
| Location | |
| Location | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°24′13″N 3°01′12″W / 53.40361°N 3.02000°W |
| OS grid | SJ322901 |
| Details | |
| Owner | Peel Holdings |
| Opened | 21 June 1866[1] |
| Joins | |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha)[2] |
| Quay length | 460 yd (420 m)[2] |
Alfred Dock is a dock at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The dock covers an area of 8 acres (32,000 m2) and provides access to the Great Float from the River Mersey.
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McCarron1992-7was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 982.
see penultimate para "Of these the principal are the Egerton, Morpeth, Morpeth Branch and Wallasey Docks; while the Alfred Dock, with its three entrances, nineteen pairs of lock-gates, 8 acres of water, and 460 lin. yds. of quay-space, fulfils the part of an entrance-lock to the whole system."