Stanley Dock
Stanley Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool and is part of the northern dock system. The dock is connected to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the east and Collingwood Dock to the west. There are two Entrances to Stanley Dock Complex at South End from Regent Road and two at North from Great Howard Street via sets of 3 granite towers. These towers are similar in design to the towers in other Liverpool docks and originally had sliding gates set into the thickness of the wall.[1] There is also a link to the canal which opened in 1848, via the bridge under Great Howard Street, also designed by Hartley.
Designed by Jesse Hartley, it opened in 1848.[2][3] The original quay warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II* listed buildings. Part of the northern quay warehouse was demolished after sustaining damage in an air raid during the Second World War;[4] its remaining parts are in a "poor" condition on the Heritage at Risk register 2011 but have been approved for redevelopment.[5] The southern quay warehouse remains, however no longer on a quay as in 1901 the south part of the dock was filled in to build the large Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse. The tobacco warehouse stands between the new quay between and the older souther quay warehouse.
The dock is the focal point of the Stanley Dock Conservation Area.[6] In 2006, work commenced on a £20 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, providing a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway[7] towards the Pier Head. As of March 2007, plans have been unveiled for the warehouses to be redeveloped into office space and a total of 930 apartments. The plans involve digging out the centre of the tobacco warehouse to create a garden-filled courtyard.[8]
The site featured as part of the Most Haunted Live! Liverpool investigation in January 2009 and in the 2011 superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger.
On 3 December 2012, the body of 25-year-old Thomas Burns was found in Stanley Dock after being missing for two weeks.
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External links
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- Liverpool North Docks diagram
- Stanley Dock aerial photo
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