Ellesmere Port Dock

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Ellesmere Port Dock is a dock situated on the River Mersey in England, at Ellesmere Port. The Ellesmere Canal gives its name to the area were the canal joins the Mersey, by the mid-1790s, it was known as Ellesmere Port. Docks and warehouses were built to facilitate this.

Between 1830 and the 1840s, facilities were improved by Thomas Telford amongst others. In 1892 a new wharf to handle traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal.

In 1921 the docks were leased to the Manchester Ship Canal and this led to the decline of Ellesmere Port. The site is now Ellesmere Port Boat Museum.

In 2007, with the reopening of many industries in England that have declined in recent years, ports are now being reopened and the competitive industry of shipbuilding is being reintroduced. Hence, the opening of Ellesmere Port docks along with many across England.