Huskisson Dock

Huskisson Dock
Huskisson Dock
	Huskisson Dock seen from the north side
Location
Location	Kirkdale, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°25′54″N3°00′19″W / 53.4316°N 3.0052°W
OS grid	SJ333932
Details
Owner	The Peel Group
Operator	Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Opened	1852
Type	Wet dock
Joins	Canada Dock ; Sandon Half Tide Dock ;
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha), 993 sq yd (830 m2)
Width at entrance	90 ft (27 m)
Quay length	1,122 yd (1,026 m)

Last updated March 11, 2024

British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909 Dkbkpl27.jpg — British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909

Huskisson Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, which forms part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Kirkdale. Huskisson Dock consists of a main basin nearest the river wall and two branch docks to the east. It is connected to Canada Dock to the north and Sandon Half Tide Dock to the south.

History

The dock was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1852. It is named after a former MP and Treasurer of the Navy, William Huskisson. Initially dealing in timber, it later traded in grain and provided berthing facilities for passenger ships on North American routes. The main basin was enlarged and a branch dock created in the 1860s to accommodate larger ships. The dock was expanded again at the turn of the twentieth century when two further branch docks were added by Anthony George Lyster.^[3]^[4]

World War II

On 3 May 1941 Huskisson Branch Dock Number 2 was the site of the SS Malakand explosion during Liverpool's May Blitz, when 1,000 tons of explosives on board the ship were ignited during an air raid. Four people were killed and debris from the ship was strewn up to 2.5 miles away. The two ton anchor stock from the ship landed outside Bootle General Hospital, Derby Road, 1.5 miles from the scene.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Late 20th century

Largely destroyed by the Malakand explosion, Huskisson Dock was rebuilt after the War. The Tate & Lyle Sugar Silo was built nearby, but on the opposite side of the Dock Road, and so was linked by an overhead conveyor.

Huskisson Branch Dock Number 2 was subsequently filled in and is now the site of a timber yard. Huskisson Dock remains in use, handling general bulk cargoes.^[3]^[7]

Up to the 1960s Cunard liners would berth mainly in Huskisson Dock.^[8]

Throughout the late 1970s the Nigerian 'river' ships (named after Nigerian rivers) were regular visitors to Huskisson Dock. The Nigerian sailors were veritable traders, loading locally purchased, second hand household appliances onto ships for sale in ports of call in Africa, en route to Nigeria.^{[ citation needed ]}

Impounding station

The impounding station alongside Huskisson Dock was a pumping station used to maintain water levels in these 'floating' docks.

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References

↑ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 82
↑ Baines 1859, Part II, p. 116
1 2 "Trading Places: Huskisson Dock history". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
↑ Pollard & Pevsner 2006 , p. 277
↑ "The 'May Blitz' 1941". mersey-gateway.org. E. Chambré Hardman Archive. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
↑ "Liverpool Blitz: Attacks on the docks (SS Malakand Incident)". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2004.
1 2 "Huskisson Dock". Level 2: Urban exploration. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
↑ "When Liverpool ruled the waves". www.bbc.co.uk.

Sources

Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994.
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300109108. OCLC 63396571.

External links

"Liverpool North Docks diagram". Liverpool 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007.
Huskisson Dock aerial photo
Photo: Huskisson Branch Dock No. 2 after the SS Malakand explosion.

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[Baines1859-2-82-1] Baines 1859, Part II, p. 82

[Baines1859-2-116-2] Baines 1859, Part II, p. 116

[Trading_Places_Huskisson-3] 1 2 "Trading Places: Huskisson Dock history". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

[Pollard2006-277-4] Pollard & Pevsner 2006 , p. 277

[5] "The 'May Blitz' 1941". mersey-gateway.org. E. Chambré Hardman Archive. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

[6] "Liverpool Blitz: Attacks on the docks (SS Malakand Incident)". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2004.

[Level_Two_Huskisson-7] 1 2 "Huskisson Dock". Level 2: Urban exploration. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.

[8] "When Liverpool ruled the waves". www.bbc.co.uk.

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v t e Port of Liverpool docks
North docks	Alexandra Dock Bramley-Moore Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Carriers' Dock Clarence Dock Collingwood Dock Gladstone Dock Hornby Dock Huskisson Dock Langton Dock Liverpool2 Nelson Dock Prince's Dock (Liverpool Cruise Terminal) Prince's Half-Tide Dock Salisbury Dock Sandon Dock Sandon Half Tide Dock Seaforth Dock Stanley Dock Trafalgar Dock Victoria Dock Wellington Dock Waterloo Dock
South docks	Albert Dock Brunswick Dock Brunswick Half Tide Dock Canning Dock Canning Half Tide Dock Chester Basin Coburg Dock (Liverpool Marina) Duke's Dock George's Dock George's Basin Harrington Dock Herculaneum Dock King's Dock Manchester Dock Old Dock Queen's Dock Salthouse Dock South Ferry Basin Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock
See also Port of Liverpool and List of Liverpool Docks (with coordinates and north-south sequence)