Editing Wapping Dock (section)

==History==
The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the [[Wapping Tunnel]].

The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by [[Jesse Hartley]]. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool|Albert Dock]]. When originally built, it was {{convert|232|m|yd|abbr=on}} long and consisted of five separate sections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/albertdock/basinandwarehouse.asp|title=Wapping basin and warehouse|work=Liverpool World Heritage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828040917/http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/albertdock/basinandwarehouse.asp|archive-date=28 August 2008}}</ref> Bombed in the [[Liverpool Blitz|May Blitz]] of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting [[cast iron]] columns remaining in situ.<ref name=worldheritagebid>{{citation|url=http://www.run.liverpool.gov.uk/albertdock.asp |title=Albert Dock Conservation Area|publisher=Liverpool World Heritage|access-date=6 July 2009}}</ref> The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/dock_history11.html |title=Trading Places: Wapping Dock|publisher=Liverpool Museums|access-date=6 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627110624/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/dock_history11.html|archive-date=27 June 2009}}</ref> The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]].<ref name=worldheritagebid />