Wapping Dock
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| Wapping Dock | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Liverpool, England |
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| Details | |
| Owner | Canal & River Trust[1] |
| Opened | 1852 |
| Type | Wet dock |
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| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha), 499 sq yd (417 m2)[2] |
| Width at entrance | 50 ft (15 m)[3] |
| Quay length | 1,815 yd (1,660 m)[2] |
Wapping Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Salthouse Dock to the north and Queen's Dock to the south. King's Dock was originally located to the west, but has since been filled in.
History
The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the Wapping Tunnel.
The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by Jesse Hartley. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby Albert Dock. When originally built, it was 232 m (254 yd) long and consisted of five separate sections.[4] Bombed in the May Blitz of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting cast iron columns remaining in situ.[5] The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972.[6] The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is Grade II* listed.[5][7]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide" (PDF). Canal & River Trust. August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wapping basin and warehouse". Liverpool World Heritage. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Albert Dock Conservation Area". Liverpool World Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Trading Places: Wapping Dock". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
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Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. pp. 101–102. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.
External links
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Liverpool South Docks diagram". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.
- Wapping Dock aerial photo
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