Widnes Dock was the first rail-to-ship facility in the world.[1] It was built in 1833 between the end of the Sankey Canal and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway in Widnes.[2]
- ^ Welbourn, Nigel (2008). Lost Lines: Liverpool and the Mersey. Hersham: Ian Allan. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7110-3190-6.
- ^ Hardie, David William Ferguson (1950), A History of the Chemical Industry of Widnes, London: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, General Chemicals Division, p. 4, ASIN B0007JBZRQ