Editing Old Dock (section)

==Redevelopment==
[[File:Old Dock Liverpool 2.jpg|thumb|right|Viewing window to the Old Dock]]
In the early 19th century, the dock was considered too small for the growing size of shipping using the port; the [[quay]]s were too narrow; the city's [[sewage]] polluted the dock's water; and the narrow wooden [[drawbridge]] across its entrance channel caused traffic jams.<ref name="Trading Places: Old Dock History" /> Sentiment saved the Old Dock for 20 years, but the Old Dock closed on 31 August 1826<ref name="Liverpool: The docks" /> and was filled in. [[Custom House, Liverpool|Liverpool’s fourth Custom House]], designed by [[John Foster (architect, born 1786)|John Foster]], was built on the site between 1828 and 1837, and was demolished after severe [[bomb]] damage during the [[Battle of Britain]] ([[World War II]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=54|title=Customs House|work=Liverpool John Moores University|access-date=8 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205223739/http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=54|archive-date=5 February 2008}}</ref>

In 1999 an office block on the site, Steers House, was demolished, and the resulting waste ground was used as an [[National Car Parks|NCP]] car park until 2004, when the site was incorporated into the [[Liverpool One]] shopping development. A water feature has been built on the site of Old Dock to commemorate its history. A portion of the dock wall is exposed in the basement of the new development, and can be viewed from the pavement above through a viewing window in the ground. The excavated site was opened to the public in May 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8589000/8589544.stm|title=Liverpool One Old Dock opens to public|work=BBC News|date=26 March 2010|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> Tours of the Old Dock are currently operated by National Museums Liverpool on a weekly basis.<ref name="ODT" />