Clarence Dock (Liverpool)

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Clarence Dock entrance

Clarence Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, it was connected to Trafalgar Dock. Designed by Jesse Hartley, the dock opened on 16 September 1830.^[1] Clarence Dock was named after William, Duke of Clarence, who became William IV.^[2]

It was built as a self-contained steamship dock facility. This was for safety reasons, to avoid the risk of fire to wooden-hulled sailing vessels then using the other docks.^[2]^[3]

The dock was filled in 1929 and the site was then used for a power station. The three large chimneys of the Clarence Dock Power Station were a familiar local landmark until the site was demolished in the mid-1990s.

The docks was the berths of the Irish ferry ships. During the Irish famine in the 1840s over 1.3 million starving Irish entered the dock. After many weeks or months, many took a took ship to America from Waterloo Dock, there being no direct sailings to America from Ireland. Others moved to London and other British towns and cities.^[2]

The yacht Nahlin in the graving dock, 2001. The Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse is behind

The two Clarence Graving Docks are still extant and accessible via what remains of Trafalgar Dock.

As part of the Liverpool Waters development, Clarence Dock will become one of the clusters of tall buildings. It was one of the two clusters of tall high-rise buildings which have been agreed between Peel Holdings and English Heritage.

In 2004 it was proposed that a 60,000 seat stadium for Everton FC be built at Clarence Dock by the Mersey Docks And Harbour Company and the NWDA. This would include a rapid rail service to be financed by the NWDA.

References

↑ The Clarence Dock, Old Liverpool / Picture of Liverpool: Strangers Guide, 1834, retrieved 10 April 2008
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clarence Dock Famine Memorial, irishseashipping.co.uk, retrieved 10 April 2008
↑ Trading Places: A History of Liverpool Docks (Clarence Dock), Liverpool Museums, retrieved 10 April 2008

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See also Port of Liverpool and List of Liverpool Docks (with coordinates and north-south sequence)

Coordinates: 53°25′09″N 3°00′07″W / 53.4191°N 3.0019°W / 53.4191; -3.0019

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