Editing 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 = [[Floating dock (impounded)|Wet dock]]
| area = {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|469|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}} (in 1858)<ref name="Baines1859-2-105">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 105}}</ref>
| width_entrance = {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} (in 1858)<ref name="Baines1859-2-117">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 117}}</ref>
| quay_length = {{convert|393|yd|m|abbr=on}} (in 1858)<ref name="Baines1859-2-117" />
}}

[[File:Dkbkpl29.jpg|right|thumb|British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909: docks to the north]]
[[File:Dkbkpl30.jpg|right|thumb|Docks to the south]]
'''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,<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>

==Present use==
Most of the dock buildings still exist and are split up into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park.<ref name="Pollard2006-274" /> The Hydraulic Station is Grade II listed,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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}}

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