Wapping Dock is a

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on the

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, and part of the

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. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to

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to the north, Queen's Dock to the south. 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 Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel in Liverpool, England, is a tunnel route from the Edge Hill junction in the east of the city to the Liverpool south end docks formerly used by trains on the Liverpool-Manchester line railway. The tunnel alignm ...

. The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by

Jesse Hartley Jesse Hartley (21 December 1780 – 24 August 1860) was Civil Engineer and Superintendent of the Concerns of the Dock Estate in Liverpool, England between 1824 and 1860. Hartley's career Despite having no experience of dock building, Hartley was ...

. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby

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. When originally built, it was long and consisted of five separate sections. Bombed in the

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of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting

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columns remaining in situ. The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972. The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

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Wapping Dock aerial photo
{{Port of Liverpool docks Liverpool docks Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool

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