1831

One of the earliest docks and of curious shape, only 6m wide. This was built in 1773 for the Duke of Bridgewater. It was intended to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the inland canal system.

In 1811 the Grain Warehouse shown here, was built. A half-tide dock was added in 1851 but Duke's Dock remained outside of the main dock system until its incorporation in 1899. Even then it was hardly developed and it  remained unused other than for its storage facilities until demolition started in 1960. By 1984 the buildings had all gone and the river entrance was closed.

What now survives are  the foundations of the warehouse and the 18th C sandstone and granite dock walls, supposedly the most complete in Liverpool. Having been demolished within the last 20 or so years the remains are now Grade II listed - see if you can figure the sense in that, or is it historic vandalism with a heart ?

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