Canning Half Tide Dock
{{Short description|Dock in Liverpool, United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox docks
| name = Canning Half Tide Dock
| image = Liverpool's "Three Graces" from Canning Half-tide Dock - geograph.org.uk - 1147384.jpg
| caption = Looking towards the Pier Head across the dock
| location = Liverpool, United Kingdom
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4018|-2.9937|display=title, inline|region:GB_scale:2000}}
| grid_ref_UK = SJ340899
| owner = Canal & River Trust{{cite web|url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/11495-liverpool-canal-link-revised-skippers-guide-august-2015.pdf|title=Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide|work=Canal & River Trust|page=2|date=August 2015|access-date=28 August 2016}}
| opened = 1844
| type = Half tide dock
| joins = {{ubl|Albert Dock|Canning Dock}}
| area = {{convert|2|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|2689|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}}{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 98}}
| width_entrance = {{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 116}}
| quay_length = {{convert|429|yd|m|abbr=on}}
}}
Canning Half Tide Dock on the River Mersey, in Liverpool, England, is a half tide dock and is part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Canning Dock to the east and Albert Dock to the south.
History
The dock was originally the site of the Gut, the entrance to the Dry Dock which was later to become Canning Dock.{{harvnb|Pevsner|Pollard|2006|p=271}} Canning Half Tide Dock was built by Jesse Hartley between 1842 and 1844, also opening in 1844.{{harvnb|Ashmore|1982|p=162}}
Originally having two {{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}} lock entrances to the Mersey, the north gates were sealed with a concrete dam in 1937.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The south gates are modified to accommodate a valve to admit river water. To the outside of the river entrances are two granite octagonal gatemen's shelters, also designed by Hartley. An island built of masonry, which has its own lighthouse, separates the river entrances.
Image:Canning Half Tide Dock.jpg
Adjacent to the dock is the Pilotage Building, which opened in 1883 to manage the river's pilot boats. The building was converted in 1980 by the Building Design Partnership for use as a museum. Both this building and the dock itself are now part of Merseyside Maritime Museum.
References
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=Sources=
- {{cite book|last1=Ashmore|first1=Owen|title=The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England|date=1982|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719008207|oclc=8555887}}
- {{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}}
- {{cite book|first1=Nikolaus|last1=Pevsner|first2=Richard|last2=Pollard|title=Lancashire: Liverpool and the Southwest|date=2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=9780300109108|oclc=475600879}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Liverpool's South Docks|first1=Linda|last1=Moss|first2=Michael|last2=Stammers|editor-first=Richard|editor-last=Foster|volume=Part 1. Mann Island — Wapping Basin|pages=37–47|publisher=Merseyside County Museums|year=1980|isbn=9780906367087|oclc=9918913}}
External links
{{Commons category|Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool|Canning Half Tide Dock}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2a.htm|title=Liverpool South Docks diagram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107034039/http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2a.htm|archive-date=7 January 2009}}
- [http://www.multimap.com/maps/?mapType=aerial&zoom=16&countryCode=GB&lat=53.4030885963953&lon=-2.99185595820794#map=53.40263,-2.99135|17|8&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:53.40172:-2.99386:16| Canning Half Tide Dock aerial photo]
{{Port of Liverpool docks}}