Originally Posted by
pablo42
No WW, they haven't put anything on it. Just filled it in. I don't know if anyone knows the reason for this. I seeem to remember that at the end of the dock, there was a sloping wall and a lot of water behind it. But that was like that for years.
When Bidston Dock was completed - it did have a specific function to handle iron ore ships bringing in ore for Summer's Steel Works at Shotton.
The wet area beyond the dock was to have formed an extension should demand require it. A similar situation exists over at Seaforth, there is the unfinished basin north of the existing Seaforth dock which is now a nature reserve within the dock estate. This was also provided for future extension.
The interesting thing is that the new swing bridge was constructed across Bidston Dock around 1994. I think infilling started just 6 years after that!
One of the last ships to berth in Bidston was Sea Container's SUPERSEACAT THREE in the corner by the old Mobil works when she was being prepared for service at the start of the season.
If my memory serves be correctly infilling of the northern corner of the dock had begun before the ship departed to take up service.
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What a waste of money the construction of that swing bridge was!
John
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