Toxteth Dock
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{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox docks
| name = Toxteth Dock
| image = Former transit shed, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool (geograph 5063718).jpg
| caption = Former transit shed, Toxteth Dock
| location = Toxteth, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3839|-2.9797|display=title, inline|region:GB_scale:2000}}
| grid_ref_UK = SJ348879
| opened = 1888
| closed = 1972
| type = Wet dock
| area = {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|469|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}} (in 1858){{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 105}}
| width_entrance = {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} (in 1858){{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 117}}
| quay_length = {{convert|393|yd|m|abbr=on}} (in 1858)
}}
Toxteth Dock was a dock on the River Mersey that was part of the Port of Liverpool. Part of the southern dock system, it was connected to Brunswick Dock to the north and Harrington Dock to the south.
History
The dock was originally opened in 1841,{{cite web|url=http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=302|title=Toxteth Dock|work=Liverpool History Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116230218/http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=302|archive-date=16 January 2009}} enlarged between 1882-8 by George Fosbery Lyster and reopening in 1888.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#tox|title=Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks|work=Liverpool Museums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930102915/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#tox|archive-date=30 September 2009}}{{harvnb|Pollard|Pevsner|2006|p=274}}Toxteth Dock railway station was opened in 1893 as part of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. It closed in 1956 and was demolished in 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/toxteth_dock/|title=Station Name: Toxteth Dock|work=Disused Stations|access-date=30 August 2016}} For many years, the dock was home to the Harrison Line. The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in.{{Cite web|title=Toxteth Dock, Liverpool - Graces Guide|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Toxteth_Dock,_Liverpool|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk}}
Present use
Most of the dock buildings still exist and are split up into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park. The Hydraulic Station is Grade II listed,{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359502-hydraulic-station-at-toxteth-dock-/osmap|title=Hydraulic Station at Toxteth Dock, Liverpool|work=British Listed Buildings|access-date=30 August 2016}} and in modern day in use as a training facility for the British Red Cross. They have drawings and historical documents on display detailing the buildings former use. These list Edmund Kirby as being involved in the refurbishment in 1983.
References
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=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}}
- {{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}}
Further reading
- {{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|pages=88–89|isbn=9780951612941|oclc=27770301}}
External links
- {{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}}
{{Port of Liverpool docks}}