Everything about The Albert Dock totally explained
The
Albert Dock in
Liverpool,
England, was opened in 1846 by its namesake,
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Based on plans submitted in 1839 by the civil engineers
Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, for a combined
dock and
warehouse system, shipping entered the dock from either
Canning Half Tide Dock to the North or
Salthouse Dock to the east.
The Albert Dock was built entirely of cast iron, brick, and stone, with no structural wood; it was the first building in the UK to be built in such a manner. It was also the first fire-proof warehousing system in the world. In 1848 it was upgraded to feature the world's first
hydraulic warehouse
hoist system. The five Grade I buildings, covering 1.25 million
sq ft, make the Albert Dock complex the largest set of Grade 1
Listed Buildings in the UK.
The dock closed to shipping in 1972 and suffered from dereliction for a period until it was redeveloped in the early 1980s by Arrowcroft Group plc with funding from the
Merseyside Development Corporation; this work, which was carried out by
Tarmac Construction, involved a total structural refurbishment of all five buildings and included rebuilding a top corner of a warehouse which had been knocked off by a
World War II bomb. The buildings now contain a variety of bars, restaurants and museums, as well as hotels and office space.
The
Merseyside Maritime Museum occupies most of the north side of the dock. Albert Dock is also home to
Tate Liverpool, the northern branch of the
Tate Gallery. It is also home to the
Virgin Media National Service Centre (formerly Telewest).
It is used as a ship dock once a year for the Liverpool
Tall Ships festival.
For many years from 1988 to 1996 the
ITV television show
This Morning, hosted by
Richard and Judy, was broadcast from studios in the dockside buildings. Weather presenter
Fred Talbot used a floating map of the British Isles to describe the outlook. The map was eventually removed in 2003.
The Albert Dock inspired the remodelling of
Buenos Aires's own dock,
Puerto Madero.
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