East Waterloo Dock

East Waterloo Dock

East Waterloo Dock is a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, and is connected only to Princes Half Tide Dock to the south.

The dock was opened in 1834 as Waterloo Dock and named after the Battle of Waterloo.

An observatory was built here for astronomical and meteorological observations and to provide accurate time for ships' chronometers in 1843. From 1866, the observatory was relocated to Bidston Hill on the Wirral Peninsula when the dock was redeveloped. [citeweb|url=http://www.pol.ac.uk/home/history/hartnup.html|title=John Hartnup|work=Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory|accessdate=6 April|accessyear=2008]

In 1868, Waterloo Dock was split in two separate basins; East Waterloo Dock and West Waterloo Dock.citeweb|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/dock_history5.html|title=Trading Places: Waterloo Dock History|work=Liverpool Museums|accessdate=6 April|accessyear=2008]

The dock closed to shipping in 1988 and the extensive Waterloo Warehouse has since been converted into residential apartments.

References

External links

* [http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm Liverpool North Docks map]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=333500&Y=391250&width=700&height=400&gride=333250&gridn=391500&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&pc=&zm=0&scale=5000&multimap.x=386&multimap.y=217 East & West Waterloo Docks aerial photo]


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