[QUOTE=Although their existence is well documented, there is some mystery in just why they were built. It would have been much cheaper just to have filled in the dock - so presumably they were part of some civic project that got shelved when the Liver and Cunard Buildings were constructed.[/QUOTE]
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If you go to the Liverpool on line archive there are many detailed pictures of the construction of the Brunswick Street bridge across George's Dock.
As you say it is a bit of a mystery as to why the dock wasn't just filled in or earth/stone embankbank constructed across it such as the temporary one which was placed across Prince's Dock in 2008 to facilitate the construction of the canal over-bridge under William Jessop Way (Prince's Parade) or as at Water Street when a stone embankment was used as shown in the above pictures.
Surely someone out there must know the definitive reason?
John
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