Editing Wapping Dock

{{Short description|Dock on the River Mersey, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox docks
| name = Wapping Dock
| image = Wapping Warehouse 2.jpg
| caption = Warehouse at Wapping Dock
| location = [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom]] 
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3971|-2.9874|display=title, inline|region:GB_scale:2000}}
| grid_ref_UK = SJ344893
| owner = [[Canal & River Trust]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/11495-liverpool-canal-link-revised-skippers-guide-august-2015.pdf|title=Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide|work=Canal & River Trust|page=2|date=August 2015|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>
| opened = 1852
| type = [[Floating dock (impounded)|Wet dock]]
| joins = {{ubl|[[Queen's Dock, Port of Liverpool|Queen's Dock]]|Wapping Basin to [[Salthouse Dock]]}}
| area = {{convert|5|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|499|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-100">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 100}}</ref>
| width_entrance = {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-117">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 117}}</ref>
| quay_length = {{convert|1815|yd|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-100" />
}}

[[File:Wapping Dock buildings 1.jpg|thumb|right|Hydraulic Tower and Gate Keepers Lodge]]
'''Wapping Dock''' is a [[Dock (maritime)|dock]] on the [[River Mersey]], [[England]], and part of the [[Port of Liverpool]]. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to [[Salthouse Dock]] to the north, [[Queen's Dock, Port of Liverpool|Queen's Dock]] to the south. [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|King's Dock]] was originally located to the west, but has since been filled in.

==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 />

==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}}

==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=101–102|isbn=9780951612941|oclc=27770301}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Wapping Dock, Liverpool}}
* {{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}}
* [http://www.multimap.com/maps/?mapType=aerial&zoom=17&countryCode=GB&lat=53.40136187895&lon=-2.98761939296321#map=53.39738,-2.98468|17|32&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:53.39722:-2.98748:17   Wapping Dock aerial photo]

{{Port of Liverpool docks}}

[[Category:Liverpool docks]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool]]