[1] The dock, which opened in 1771, was designed and built by Henry Berry and named after the reigning monarch, King George III.

[1] The port built ships bound for West Africa, North America and the Caribbean delivering and returning with Black Slaves.

A section of the original George's Dock wall is still visible in the basement of the Cunard Building which stands on the site.

[5] The Goree Warehouses, which had been named after a slave market in West Africa, were destroyed by bombing during World War II.

[6] By March 2009, work was completed[7][8] on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the site of the former basin.