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Carriers' Dock

{{Short description|Dock on the River Mersey in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox docks

| name = Carriers' Dock

| image = Dkbkpl26.jpg

| caption = British Empire Dockyards and Ports map of 1909, showing North Carriers' Dock as Carrier Dock. By 1909, South Carriers' Dock had been replaced by Brocklebank Graving Dock.

| location = Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom

| coordinates = {{coord|53.4412|-3.0031|display=title, inline|region:GB_scale:2000}}

| grid_ref_UK = SJ333943

| opened = 1862{{harvnb|Wilson|c. 1866|p=72}}

| closed = After September 1972

| type = Wet dock

| joins = Brocklebank Dock (former)

| area = {{convert|2|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|3423|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}}

| width_entrance = {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{harvnb|Office of Naval Intelligence|1900|p=294}}

| quay_length = {{convert|641|yd|m|abbr=on}}

}}

Carriers' Dock (or North Carriers' Dock) was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. The dock was situated in the northern dock system and connected to Brocklebank Dock to the west.

History

The dock was originally the northern of a pair of docks joining Brocklebank Dock, known as North Carriers' Dock and South Carriers' Dock. The docks were each {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide at the entrance, and were intended for use by river goods carriers.{{harvnb|McCarron|Jarvis|1992|p=15}}

North Carriers' Dock was opened in 1862, with a basin covering {{convert|2|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|3423|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}} and with a total quayside of {{convert|641|yd|m|abbr=on}}. South Carriers' Dock had a basin covering {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|4515|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}} and with a total quayside of {{convert|615|yd|m|abbr=on}}.

The site of South Carriers' Dock was used for a graving dock in 1898.{{cite journal|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/23/Er19040101.pdf|title=Harbours and Inland Waterways in 1903|journal=The Engineer|volume=XCVII|date=1 January 1904|access-date=4 September 2016}}

From 15 May 1968 until 30 September 1972, the northern quayside of Carriers' Dock was used as a temporary terminal for the B&I Line, prior to the company using Trafalgar Dock,{{harvnb|Collard|2012|p=}}{{page needed|date=September 2016}}{{harvnb|Collard|2015|p=}}{{page needed|date=September 2016}} and for MD&HB cargo handling around the same time.{{harvnb|Collard|2001|p=109}} The southern quayside of Carriers' Dock was a rough cargo berth.

North Carriers' Dock was filled in the late 20th century,{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1419254|title=Warehouse at 12 Effingham Street|work=Historic England|access-date=4 September 2016}} and the site has been redeveloped.

References

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=Sources=

  • {{cite book|first=Ian|last=Collard|title=Mersey Ports: Liverpool & Birkenhead|publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd.|location=Stroud|year=2001|isbn=9780752421100|oclc=223276957}}
  • {{cite book|first=Ian|last=Collard|title=Liverpool Docks Through Time|publisher=Amberley Publishing Ltd.|year=2012|isbn=9781445604145|oclc=866867097}}
  • {{cite book|first=Ian|last=Collard|title=Coast Lines: Fleet List and History|publisher=Amberley Publishing Ltd.|year=2015|isbn=9781445646749|oclc=951099407}}
  • {{cite book|title=Give a Dock a Good Name?|first1=Ken|last1=McCarron|first2=Adrian|last2=Jarvis|publisher=Merseyside Port Folios|location=Birkenhead|year=1992|isbn=9780951612941|oclc=27770301}}
  • {{cite book|author=Office of Naval Intelligence|title=Coaling, docking, and repairing facilities of the ports of the world|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030898252|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Washington|edition=4th|year=1900|oclc=951099407}}
  • {{cite book|first=John Marius|last=Wilson|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|url=https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee04wils|volume=IV. Leescourt—Mounton|publisher=A. Fullarton & Co.|location=Edinburgh|year=c. 1866|oclc=70391215}}

External links

  • {{Cite web

|url=http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm

|title=Liverpool North Docks diagram

|publisher=Liverpool 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330201457/http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm

|archive-date=30 March 2007

}}

{{Port of Liverpool docks}}

Category:Liverpool docks