Albert Dock at night

Albert Dock.

The Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, was opened in 1846 by its namesake, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 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. Jesse Hartley was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England 21st December 1780 died Bootle, Liverpool 24th August 1860 A dock (from Dutch 'dok' is a man-made feature involved in the handling of boats or ships A warehouse is a commercial Building for Storage of Goods. Warehouses are used by Manufacturers Importers Exporters Canning Half Tide Dock on the River Mersey is a half tide dock and is part of the Port of Liverpool. Salthouse Dock is a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps 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 square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance ^[1]

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^[2], 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 Merseyside Development Corporation was a central government-appointed Development Corporation set up in 1981 by Margaret Thatcher 's government to regenerate Carillion plc ( is a British -based construction-services business headquartered in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely The buildings now contain a variety of bars, restaurants and museums, as well as hotels and office space.

A panoramic view.

The Merseyside Maritime Museum occupies most of the north side of the dock. The Merseyside Maritime Museum is a Museum based in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Albert Dock is also home to Tate Liverpool, the northern branch of the Tate Gallery. Tate Liverpool is an Art gallery and Museum in Liverpool, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall Tate is the United Kingdom 's national museum of British and Modern Art and is a network of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain (opened in It is also home to the Virgin Media National Service Centre (formerly Telewest). Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc

It is used as a ship dock once a year for the Liverpool Tall Ships festival. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail Schooners Brigantines Brigs and

The floating weather map of the British Isles

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. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent This Morning is a British daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV. Richard Madeley (born May 13, 1956) and Judith 'Judy' Finnigan (born May 16, 1948) are married Television presenters. Weather presenter Fred Talbot used a floating map of the British Isles to describe the outlook. Fred Talbot (born December 17, 1949 in Edinburgh) is a Television presenter and Meteorologist, well-known for his Weather The map was eventually removed in 2003.

The Albert Dock inspired the remodelling of Buenos Aires's own dock, Puerto Madero. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Puerto Madero, also known within the Urban planning community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a district of the Argentine capital

See also

• Tate Liverpool
• Pier Head

References

External links

• Liverpool World Heritage: The Albert Dock Conservation Area
• Multimap: Aerial Photograph
• Albert Dock: Homepage
• Merseyworld: The Albert Dock
• Website about Hardwick
• Liverpool Museums: Albert Dock History
• Mersey Gateway: Albert Dock
• BBC: Webcam
• Old Map
• Official Tourist Board Website for Liverpool
• Virtual Tour Image of Albert Dock