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| operator = [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Company]] |
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| opened = 4 August 1848<ref name="LHOL">{{cite web|url=http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=226|title=Bramley-Moore Dock|work=Liverpool History Online|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116224407/http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=226|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> |
| opened = 4 August 1848<ref name="LHOL">{{cite web|url=http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=226|title=Bramley-Moore Dock|work=Liverpool History Online|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116224407/http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/lhol/content.aspx?itemid=226|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> |
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| closed = 1988<ref name="McCarron1992-12">{{harvnb|McCarron|Jarvis|1992|pp=12–14}}</ref><ref name="LE20160829">{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-stadium-latest-joe-anderson-11816263|title=Everton stadium latest - Joe Anderson claims new ground 'close' and drops hint on location|first=Kristian|last=Walsh|work=Liverpool Echo|date=29 August 2016|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> |
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| type = [[Floating dock (impounded)|Wet dock]] |
| type = [[Floating dock (impounded)|Wet dock]] |
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| joins = {{ubl|[[Sandon Half Tide Dock]]|[[Nelson Dock, Liverpool|Nelson Dock]]}} |
| joins = {{ubl|[[Sandon Half Tide Dock]]|[[Nelson Dock, Liverpool|Nelson Dock]]}} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The dock was opened on 4 August 1848,<ref name="LHOL" /> as part of Jesse Hartley's major northern expansion scheme of that year, and was named after and opened by [[John Bramley-Moore]], chairman of the dock committee at the time.<ref name="LE20160830" /><ref name="LHOL" /> When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was the most northerly part of the dock system.<ref name="LHOL" /> At the time, access to the [[River Mersey]] was from the south, through the new [[Nelson Dock, Liverpool|Nelson]] and [[Salisbury Dock]]s, which were all commissioned simultaneously. When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was used for the largest steamships of the era.<ref name="McCarron1992-12" |
The dock was opened on 4 August 1848,<ref name="LHOL" /> as part of Jesse Hartley's major northern expansion scheme of that year, and was named after and opened by [[John Bramley-Moore]], chairman of the dock committee at the time.<ref name="LE20160830" /><ref name="LHOL" /> When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was the most northerly part of the dock system.<ref name="LHOL" /> At the time, access to the [[River Mersey]] was from the south, through the new [[Nelson Dock, Liverpool|Nelson]] and [[Salisbury Dock]]s, which were all commissioned simultaneously. When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was used for the largest steamships of the era.<ref name="McCarron1992-12">{{harvnb|McCarron|Jarvis|1992|pp=12–14}}</ref> |
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In 1851, further docks were opened to the north. These included [[Wellington Dock|Wellington Half Tide Dock]], which gave a second access point for Bramley-Moore and the Mersey. The berthing of the larger ships was moved to the new [[Sandon Dock]] and [[Huskisson Dock]] within a few years of opening because of the ease of access to the river these docks offered. Around 1900, the Wellington Dock and the adjoining Sandon Dock were realigned, with the [[half tide dock]] separated as [[Sandon Half Tide Dock]], as it remains today. |
In 1851, further docks were opened to the north. These included [[Wellington Dock|Wellington Half Tide Dock]], which gave a second access point for Bramley-Moore and the Mersey. The berthing of the larger ships was moved to the new [[Sandon Dock]] and [[Huskisson Dock]] within a few years of opening because of the ease of access to the river these docks offered. Around 1900, the Wellington Dock and the adjoining Sandon Dock were realigned, with the [[half tide dock]] separated as [[Sandon Half Tide Dock]], as it remains today. |
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Although a mixed use dock, with one of the original transit sheds still in place, Bramley-Moore did extensive coal trade.<ref name="LM, B-M" >{{Cite web|title=Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#bm|publisher=Liverpool Museums|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028185038/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#bm|archivedate=28 October 2008}}</ref> The coal handling included both coal for export and bunker coal for [[steamship]]s in the port, transported from the [[South Lancashire Coalfield]]. A high-level railway opened in 1857 to transport coal directly to the quayside.<ref name="LM, B-M" /> The high-level railway was connected by viaduct to the adjacent [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] line.<ref>{{harvnb|Ritchie-Noakes|1980|p=50}}</ref> The high-level railway was operational from 1856 to 1966.<ref name="McCarron1992-12" /> |
Although a mixed use dock, with one of the original transit sheds still in place, Bramley-Moore did extensive coal trade.<ref name="LM, B-M" >{{Cite web|title=Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#bm|publisher=Liverpool Museums|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028185038/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/theme10.html#bm|archivedate=28 October 2008}}</ref> The coal handling included both coal for export and bunker coal for [[steamship]]s in the port, transported from the [[South Lancashire Coalfield]]. A high-level railway opened in 1857 to transport coal directly to the quayside.<ref name="LM, B-M" /> The high-level railway was connected by viaduct to the adjacent [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] line.<ref>{{harvnb|Ritchie-Noakes|1980|p=50}}</ref> The high-level railway was operational from 1856 to 1966.<ref name="McCarron1992-12" /> |
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After the decline in coal-fired steamships, the dock continued to export coal. Following the |
After the decline in coal-fired steamships, the dock continued to export coal. Following the demise of coal mining in South Lancashire, and most of the UK, the export market for coal dissolved with the dock ceasing coal exports in 1988.<ref name="LM, B-M" /> The dock is still commercially active with one of the original 1848 transit sheds still in use. Two other quays are used for unloading aggregates. The port's [[Svitzer]] tugs are based, with their home berths, in the dock. |
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[[File:Hydraulic pumping station, Bramley More Dock - geograph.org.uk - 749395.jpg|thumb|upright| |
[[File:Hydraulic pumping station, Bramley More Dock - geograph.org.uk - 749395.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|Disused hydraulic accumulator tower]] |
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Bramley-Moore Dock |
Bramley-Moore Dock is the location of one of Liverpool's brick-built [[hydraulic accumulator]] towers.<ref name="BLB1">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359305-hydraulic-engine-house-at-bramley-moore-|title=Hydraulic Engine House at Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool|work=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> The tower provided [[hydraulic machinery|hydraulic power]] to dock gates and lifting equipment. |
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[[File:Dkbkpl27.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bramley-Moore Dock within the Central dock cluster, 1909]] |
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== Future of the dock == |
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In 2007, the [[Peel Group]], owners of the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Company]], unveiled the £5.5 billion [[Liverpool Waters]] regeneration programme. Bramley-Moore Dock is encompassed in the {{convert|150|acre|km2|sing=on}} site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peel.co.uk/peelholdings/source/newsdetails.asp?type=1&page=1&newsid=169|title=Peel unveil £5.5 billion investment plans|publisher=Peel Group|date=6 March 2007|accessdate=18 April 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009163744/http://www.peel.co.uk/peelholdings/source/newsdetails.asp?type=1&page=1&newsid=169|archivedate=9 October 2007}}</ref> |
In 2007, the [[Peel Group]], owners of the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Company]], unveiled the £5.5 billion [[Liverpool Waters]] regeneration programme. Bramley-Moore Dock is encompassed in the {{convert|150|acre|km2|sing=on}} site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peel.co.uk/peelholdings/source/newsdetails.asp?type=1&page=1&newsid=169|title=Peel unveil £5.5 billion investment plans|publisher=Peel Group|date=6 March 2007|accessdate=18 April 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009163744/http://www.peel.co.uk/peelholdings/source/newsdetails.asp?type=1&page=1&newsid=169|archivedate=9 October 2007}}</ref> |
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Bramley-Moore Dock is the most northern of the docks within the [[Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City]] [[World Heritage Site]] and the planned Liverpool Waters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/Journals/1/Files/2011/5/20/Liverpool%20Waters%20-%20OUV%20Assessment%20-%20FINAL%20REPORT.pdf|title=Assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Liverpool Waters master plan on OUV, at Liverpool Maritime Mercantile WHS, for English Heritage|first=Stephen|last=Bond|work=The Architects' Journal|page=27|date=28 February 2011|accessdate=4 September 2016}}</ref> The hydraulic tower and dock retaining walls are [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] buildings.<ref name="LE20160830" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359303-bramley-moore-dock-retaining-walls-|title=Bramley Moore Dock Retaining Walls, Liverpool|work=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> |
Bramley-Moore Dock is the most northern of the docks within the [[Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City]] [[World Heritage Site]] and the planned Liverpool Waters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/Journals/1/Files/2011/5/20/Liverpool%20Waters%20-%20OUV%20Assessment%20-%20FINAL%20REPORT.pdf|title=Assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Liverpool Waters master plan on OUV, at Liverpool Maritime Mercantile WHS, for English Heritage|first=Stephen|last=Bond|work=The Architects' Journal|page=27|date=28 February 2011|accessdate=4 September 2016}}</ref> The hydraulic tower and dock retaining walls are [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] buildings.<ref name="LE20160830" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359303-bramley-moore-dock-retaining-walls-|title=Bramley Moore Dock Retaining Walls, Liverpool|work=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> |
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On 23 March 2017 it was announced that a deal had been agreed between Liverpool City Council, Everton Football Club and Peel Holdings to acquire the dock for a new football stadium, however no planning application has been submitted.<ref>{{Cite news |
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In 2015 and 2016, the dockland area to the south of Bramley Moore Dock was used for [[Liverpool Sound City]].<ref name="LE20160830" /> |
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On 29 August 2016, the [[Directly elected mayor of Liverpool|Mayor of Liverpool]] hinted that [[Everton F.C.]]'s new stadium may be built at the site.<ref name="LE20160829" /> At the Everton Football Club AGM on 4 January 2017 (the first AGM since [[Farhad Moshiri (businessman)|Farhad Moshiri]] purchased a 49.9% stake in the club) shareholders were provided with an update on the search for a site for a new stadium. Speculation suggesting that Bramley-Moore dock was preferred by the club for a stadium site over a site at Stonebridge Cross on the outskirts of the city in Croxteth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toffeeweb.com/season/16-17/news/34207.html|title=Stadium issue tops agenda at Everton AGM|work=ToffeeWeb|first=Lyndon|last=Lloyd|date=4 January 2017|accessdate=3 April 2017}}</ref> On 23 March 2017 it was announced that a deal had been agreed between the club and Peel Holdings to acquire the dock, however no planning application has been submitted.<ref>{{Cite news |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106053614/http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2.htm North Liverpool Docks diagram] |
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* [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4250155,-3.0025031,17.09z Map of the location] |
* [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4250155,-3.0025031,17.09z Map of the location] |
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* [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4250129,-3.0074553,399a,35y,90h,39.42t/data=!3m1!1e3 Bramley-Moore Dock aerial photo] |
* [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4250129,-3.0074553,399a,35y,90h,39.42t/data=!3m1!1e3 Bramley-Moore Dock aerial photo] |
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Revision as of 14:24, 4 April 2017
| Bramley-Moore Dock | |
|---|---|
 Dock gates on the Dock Road | |
| Location | |
| Location | Vauxhall, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°25′30″N 3°00′11″W / 53.4250°N 3.0030°W |
| OS grid | SJ334924 |
| Details | |
| Owner | The Peel Group[1] |
| Operator | Mersey Docks and Harbour Company |
| Opened | 4 August 1848[2] |
| Type | Wet dock |
| Joins | |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha), 3,106 sq yd (2,597 m2)[3] |
| Width at entrance | 60 ft (18 m)[3] |
| Quay length | 935 yd (855 m)[4] |
Bramley-Moore Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. The dock is located in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, connected to Sandon Half Tide Dock to the north and Nelson Dock to the south. Jesse Hartley was the architect with opening in 1848.
History
The dock was opened on 4 August 1848,[2] as part of Jesse Hartley's major northern expansion scheme of that year, and was named after and opened by John Bramley-Moore, chairman of the dock committee at the time.[1][2] When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was the most northerly part of the dock system.[2] At the time, access to the River Mersey was from the south, through the new Nelson and Salisbury Docks, which were all commissioned simultaneously. When built, Bramley-Moore Dock was used for the largest steamships of the era.[5]
In 1851, further docks were opened to the north. These included Wellington Half Tide Dock, which gave a second access point for Bramley-Moore and the Mersey. The berthing of the larger ships was moved to the new Sandon Dock and Huskisson Dock within a few years of opening because of the ease of access to the river these docks offered. Around 1900, the Wellington Dock and the adjoining Sandon Dock were realigned, with the half tide dock separated as Sandon Half Tide Dock, as it remains today.
Although a mixed use dock, with one of the original transit sheds still in place, Bramley-Moore did extensive coal trade.[6] The coal handling included both coal for export and bunker coal for steamships in the port, transported from the South Lancashire Coalfield. A high-level railway opened in 1857 to transport coal directly to the quayside.[6] The high-level railway was connected by viaduct to the adjacent Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line.[7] The high-level railway was operational from 1856 to 1966.[5]
After the decline in coal-fired steamships, the dock continued to export coal. Following the demise of coal mining in South Lancashire, and most of the UK, the export market for coal dissolved with the dock ceasing coal exports in 1988.[6] The dock is still commercially active with one of the original 1848 transit sheds still in use. Two other quays are used for unloading aggregates. The port's Svitzer tugs are based, with their home berths, in the dock.
Bramley-Moore Dock is the location of one of Liverpool's brick-built hydraulic accumulator towers.[8] The tower provided hydraulic power to dock gates and lifting equipment.
Future of the dock
In 2007, the Peel Group, owners of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, unveiled the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters regeneration programme. Bramley-Moore Dock is encompassed in the 150-acre (0.61 km2) site.[9]
Bramley-Moore Dock is the most northern of the docks within the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site and the planned Liverpool Waters.[10] The hydraulic tower and dock retaining walls are Grade II listed buildings.[1][11]
On 23 March 2017 it was announced that a deal had been agreed between Liverpool City Council, Everton Football Club and Peel Holdings to acquire the dock for a new football stadium, however no planning application has been submitted.[12]
References
- ^ a b c McHale, Kirsty (30 August 2016). "New Everton stadium: The story of Bramley-Moore Dock". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Bramley-Moore Dock". Liverpool History Online. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- ^ a b Baines 1859, Part II, p. 85
- ^ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 116
- ^ a b McCarron & Jarvis 1992, pp. 12–14
- ^ a b c "Trading Places - a history of Liverpool Docks". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008.
- ^ Ritchie-Noakes 1980, p. 50
- ^ "Hydraulic Engine House at Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Peel unveil £5.5 billion investment plans". Peel Group. 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- ^ Bond, Stephen (28 February 2011). "Assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Liverpool Waters master plan on OUV, at Liverpool Maritime Mercantile WHS, for English Heritage" (PDF). The Architects' Journal. p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Bramley Moore Dock Retaining Walls, Liverpool". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Everton agree deal for new stadium site". BBC News Online. 23 March 2017.
Sources
- Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Ritchie-Noakes, Nancy (1980). Jesse Hartley: Dock Engineer to the Port of Liverpool, 1824-60. Merseyside County Museums. ISBN 9780906367056. OCLC 21118112.
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External links
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