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==History== The dock was originally opened in 1841,<ref name="LHOL">{{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}}</ref> enlarged between 1882-8 by [[George Fosbery Lyster]] and reopening in 1888.<ref name="TP-LM">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Pollard2006-274">{{harvnb|Pollard|Pevsner|2006|p=274}}</ref>[[Toxteth Dock railway station]] was opened in 1893 as part of the [[Liverpool Overhead Railway]]. It closed in 1956 and was demolished in 1957.<ref>{{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}}</ref> For many years, the dock was home to the [[Harrison Line]].<ref name="LHOL" /> The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in.<ref name="TP-LM" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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