[5] In 1952 the Bibby Line vessel Somersetshire boarded crew at Bidston Dock prior to service as an emigrant ship to Australia.

[6] The dock had a trio of large moveable cranes to unload the iron ore,[7] which were dismantled in the late 1990s.

[14] The Class 9F locomotive 92203, later named as Black Prince, worked the final steam-hauled iron ore train in November 1967.

[15][16][17] Though the dock itself was filled, the northern quayside, on which the cranes were situated, and the railway sidings are still intact, although disused.

Peel Holdings have expressed an interest to develop the site of the former dock, as part of the Wirral Waters regeneration project.