Harrington Dock
| Harrington Dock | |
|---|---|
 British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909 | |
| Location | |
| Location | Dingle, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°22′51″N 2°58′31″W / 53.3808°N 2.9753°W |
| OS grid | SJ351875 |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1844 |
| Closed | 1972 |
| Type | Wet dock |
| Area | 3,740 sq yd (3,130 m2) (in 1858)[1] |
| Width at entrance | 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) (in 1858)[2] |
| Quay length | 315 yd (288 m) (in 1858)[2] |
Harrington Dock was a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the southern dock system, it was connected to Toxteth Dock to the north and Herculaneum Dock to the south.
History
The dock was bought and opened in 1844,[3] enlarged by George Fosbery Lyster between 1875-83 and reopening in 1882.[4][5]
A tunnel from the Garston and Liverpool Railway emerged at the dock, and the second Herculaneum Dock railway station of the Liverpool Overhead Railway was adjacent to the dock from 1896.[6]
The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in.[4] Most of the dock buildings still exist and are divided into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park.[5]
References
- ^ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 106
- ^ a b Baines 1859, Part II, p. 117
- ^ "Liverpool: The docks". British History Online. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008.
- ^ a b Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 274
- ^ Welbourn 2008, p. 19
Sources
- Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300109108. OCLC 63396571.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Welbourn, Nigel (2008). Liverpool and the Mersey. Lost lines. Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711031906. OCLC 191753439.
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External links
- "Liverpool South Docks diagram". Archived from the original on 31 May 2007.
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