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Coordinates: 53°22′51″N 2°58′31″W / 53.3808°N 2.9753°W / 53.3808; -2.9753
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The dock was bought and opened in 1844,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp41-43|title=Liverpool: The docks|work=British History Online|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> enlarged by [[George Fosbery Lyster]] between 1875-83 and reopening in 1882.<ref name="LM-TP">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#har|title=Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks|work=Liverpool Museums|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028185038/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#har|archivedate=28 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="Pollard2006-274">{{harvnb|Pollard|Pevsner|2006|p=274}}</ref>
The dock was bought and opened in 1844,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp41-43|title=Liverpool: The docks|work=British History Online|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> enlarged by [[George Fosbery Lyster]] between 1875-83 and reopening in 1882.<ref name="LM-TP">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#har|title=Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks|work=Liverpool Museums|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028185038/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#har|archivedate=28 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="Pollard2006-274">{{harvnb|Pollard|Pevsner|2006|p=274}}</ref>


A tunnel from the [[Garston and Liverpool Railway]] emerged at the dock.
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.<ref>{{harvnb|Welbourn|2008|p=19}}</ref>


The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in.<ref name="LM-TP" /> Most of the dock buildings still exist and are divided into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park.<ref name="Pollard2006-274" />
The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in.<ref name="LM-TP" /> Most of the dock buildings still exist and are divided into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park.<ref name="Pollard2006-274" />
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==Sources==
===Sources===
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/liverpoolin185900bain|title=Liverpool in 1859|first=Thomas|last=Baines|year=1859|publisher=Longman & Co.|location=London|oclc=43484994|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/liverpoolin185900bain|title=Liverpool in 1859|first=Thomas|last=Baines|year=1859|publisher=Longman & Co.|location=London|oclc=43484994|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Pollard|first2=Nikolaus|last2=Pevsner|title=Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2006|isbn=9780300109108|oclc=63396571|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Pollard|first2=Nikolaus|last2=Pevsner|title=Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2006|isbn=9780300109108|oclc=63396571|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Welbourn|title=Liverpool and the Mersey|series=Lost lines|publisher=Ian Allan|year=2008|isbn=9780711031906|oclc=191753439|ref=harv}}


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Revision as of 22:53, 1 September 2016

Harrington Dock
British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909
Location
LocationDingle, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°22′51″N 2°58′31″W / 53.3808°N 2.9753°W / 53.3808; -2.9753
OS gridSJ351875
Details
Opened1844
Closed1972
TypeWet dock
Area3,740 sq yd (3,130 m2) (in 1858)[1]
Width at entrance29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) (in 1858)[2]
Quay length315 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

  1. ^ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 106
  2. ^ a b Baines 1859, Part II, p. 117
  3. ^ "Liverpool: The docks". British History Online. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008.
  5. ^ a b Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 274
  6. ^ Welbourn 2008, p. 19

Sources