{{Short description|Dock on the River Mersey in Liverpool, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox docks | name = Salthouse Dock | image = Salthouse_Dock,_Liverpool.jpg | caption = The Salthouse Dock, with the Albert Dock warehouses and Liverpool's Pier Head in the distance | location = Liverpool, United Kingdom | coordinates = {{coord|53.4006|-2.9898|display=title, inline|region:GB_scale:2000}} | grid_ref_UK = SJ342897 | owner = Canal & River Trust<ref name="CRT">{{cite web|url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/11495-liverpool-canal-link-revised-skippers-guide-august-2015.pdf|title=Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide|work=Canal & River Trust|page=2|date=August 2015|access-date=28 August 2016|archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910205556/https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/11495-liverpool-canal-link-revised-skippers-guide-august-2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | opened = 1753 | type = Wet dock | joins = {{ubl|Albert Dock|Canning Dock (former)|Wapping Basin to Wapping Dock and Duke's Dock}} | area = {{convert|6|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|2019|sqyd|m2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-99">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 99}}</ref> | width_entrance = {{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-117">{{harvnb|Baines|1859|loc=Part II, p. 117}}</ref> | quay_length = {{convert|784|yd|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Baines1859-2-117" /> }}
{{other places|Salthouse}} '''Salthouse Dock''' is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Canning Dock to the north, Wapping Dock via Wapping Basin to the south and Albert Dock to the west.
==History== Designed by Thomas Steers and being built from 1734,<ref>{{harvnb|Ashmore|1982|p=162}}</ref> Salthouse Dock was completed after his death by Henry Berry, opening in 1753.<ref name="McCarron1992-80">{{harvnb|McCarron|Jarvis|1992|pp=80-82}}</ref> The dock was originally known as South Dock, the name changing because it was nearby to John Blackburne's saltworks.<ref name="Moss1980-59">{{harvnb|Moss|Stammers|1980|pp=59-63}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://content.historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/research/streetnames.pdf|title=Blackburne Place|work=Historic England|page=2|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> As is indicative of its name, the dock was an important transit terminal for the salt industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/albertdock/Salthouse_and_Dukes_Dock.asp|title=Salthouse and Duke's Dock|work=Liverpool World Heritage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204101021/http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/albertdock/Salthouse_and_Dukes_Dock.asp|archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref> Liverpool was a base for the refining of rock salt from Cheshire and its onward transportation. The dock also handled agricultural produce from Ireland and the Mediterranean.<ref name="McCarron1992-80" /> Around 1769, John Okill had a shipyard on the south side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/3cfa74d4-2381-4a4f-8a09-651d74416e63|title=Abstract of John Okill's title to leasehold premises in Liverpool |work=The National Archives|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=No mention of shipyard, only his profession as timber merchant.|date=September 2016}}
thumb|left|British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909 Structural improvements were made to the dock basin in 1842 and 1855.<ref name=worldheritagebid>{{cite web|url=http://www.run.liverpool.gov.uk/albertdock.asp|title=Albert Dock Conservation Area|publisher=Liverpool World Heritage|access-date=6 July 2009}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The opening of the Albert Dock in 1846 allowed vessels to be unloaded there, before moving on to the Salthouse Dock for loading.<ref name=worldheritagebid /> By the mid-19th century, the main trade from the dock was with China and the East Indies.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> The dock served square rigged sailing ships until about 1914.<ref name="Moss1980-59" />
Custom House railway station, on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, was opened at the north-east corner of the dock in 1893.<ref name="DS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/canning/|title=Station Name: Canning|work=Disused Stations|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=30 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730001759/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/canning/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BFA">{{cite web|url=http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epr000323|title=Albert Dock, Salthouse Dock and the city, Liverpool, 1934|work=Britain From Above|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> The station, opened at the same time as the railway, was renamed ''Canning'' in 1947 and closed in 1956 along with the railway.<ref name="DS1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/liverpool_overhead_railway/index.shtml|title=Liverpool Overhead Railway: A Brief History|work=Disused Stations|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> By 1920, the Wapping and Salthouse Goods Depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was on the eastern side of the dock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw003066|title=Albert Dock and the Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool, 1920|work=Britain From Above|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920133319/http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw003066|url-status=live}}</ref>
A Royal Navy training ship, HMS ''Eagle'', was based at Salthouse Dock from the end of the 19th century.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> This was originally a wooden vessel, which was renamed HMS ''Eaglet'' in 1918 and replaced in 1927.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> The following vessel survived until 1972.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> In 1934, the dock had warehousing along all four quays.<ref name="BFA" /> The dock closed in 1972.<ref name="McCarron1992-80" />
===After closure=== After the closure of Salthouse Dock, the dock silted up during the following decade<ref name="Urbane1">{{cite web|url=http://urbaneproject.org/sites/liverpool-docks|title=Liverpool South Docks|work=Urbane|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826135900/http://urbaneproject.org/sites/liverpool-docks|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and the quayside was in a state of considerable dereliction by 1980.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> At this point, transit sheds still remained on the east and west sides of the dock, with a former lifeboat training school also present at the north end of the western quay.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /> In 1981, the Merseyside Development Corporation was established to rejuvenate the South Docks, and the dock was dredged between 1981-5.<ref name="Urbane1" /> During the 1980s, direct access from Canning Dock was removed with the entrance being filled in, and a permanent roadway and slipway installed. Swing bridges, which were across the Albert Dock and Wapping Basin entrances, were also replaced with fixed structures.<ref name="Moss1980-59" /><ref name="LV1">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Liverpool-South-Docks-Waterspace-2012.pdf|title=Liverpool > South Docks Waterspace|work=Liverpool Vision|page=47|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327083025/http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Liverpool-South-Docks-Waterspace-2012.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
By 2005, the dock had gained a significant marine biodiversity, including jellyfish, mussels, sponges and seaweed.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2005/07/20/coast05walks_stage8.shtml|title=Coast Walk: Stage 8 - Salthouse Dock|work=BBC|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212004259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2005/07/20/coast05walks_stage8.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Non-native marine wildlife found in the vicinity included giant snails, Korean sea squirts and Australasian barnacles.<ref name="BBC1" />
Until 2013, Yellow Duckmarines were used in the dock as a tourist attraction. On 30 March and 15 June 2013, one of their four amphibious vehicles sank in the dock, which resulted in the withdrawal of licensing for the vehicles. In 2024, Splash Tours Liverpool opened, reintroducing amphibious tours to the dock. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/videopics-iconic-yellow-duckmarine-sinks-3011194|title=VIDEO/PICS: Iconic 'Yellow Duckmarine' sinks in Liverpool's Albert Dock|first=John|last=Siddle|work=Liverpool Echo|date=30 March 2013|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014034604/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/videopics-iconic-yellow-duckmarine-sinks-3011194|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/yellow-duckmarines-passengers-extremely-fortunate-8301176|title=Yellow Duckmarines passengers "extremely fortunate" not to drown when boat sank in Albert Dock, full report reveals|first=Neil|last=Docking|work=Liverpool Echo|date=17 December 2014|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014034553/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/yellow-duckmarines-passengers-extremely-fortunate-8301176|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Present== thumb|Salthouse Dock in 2023. Salthouse Dock is the oldest existing dock in Liverpool, and some of the masonry in the south-west corner of the dock is from the original construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allertonoak.com/merseySights/CentralLiverpoolSD.html|title=Central Liverpool: The South Docks|work=Allertonoak|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> The dock walls are Grade II listed.<ref name="LV1" /> A granite stone gable and arch entrance survives at the south east corner of the dock, from a transit shed built by Jesse Hartley.<ref name="McCarron1992-80" /><ref name=worldheritagebid />
Following the completion of the Liverpool Canal Link in 2009, Salthouse Dock is on the route of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal extension to Liverpool Marina at Brunswick and Coburg Docks. The waterspace of this and the other docks in the southern system was owned by British Waterways from 2003 to 2012, now transferred to the Canal & River Trust.<ref name="CRT" /> Salthouse Dock has pontoon moorings for small watercraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/liverpoolcanallink/link66.htm|title=Albert Dock and Salthouse Dock - Liverpool Canal Link|work=Pennine Waterways|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316123546/http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/liverpoolcanallink/link66.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watersidemooring.com/Mooring/Site/619|title=Salthouse Dock|work=Waterside Mooring|access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
===Sources=== *{{cite book|last1=Ashmore|first1=Owen|title=The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England|date=1982|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719008207|oclc=8555887}} *{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/liverpoolin185900bain|title=Liverpool in 1859|first=Thomas|last=Baines|year=1859|publisher=Longman & Co.|location=London|oclc=43484994}} *{{cite book|title=Give a Dock a Good Name?|first1=Ken|last1=McCarron|first2=Adrian|last2=Jarvis|publisher=Merseyside Port Folios|location=Birkenhead|year=1992|isbn=9780951612941|oclc=27770301}} *{{cite book|title=Liverpool's South Docks|first1=Linda|last1=Moss|first2=Michael|last2=Stammers|editor-first=Richard|editor-last=Foster|volume=Part 1. Mann Island — Wapping Basin|publisher=Merseyside County Museums|year=1980|isbn=9780906367087|oclc=9918913}}
==External links== {{commonscat|Salthouse Dock}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2a.htm|title=Liverpool South Docks diagram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107034039/http://www.liverpool2007.org.uk/docks/docks2a.htm|archive-date=7 January 2009}} * [http://www.multimap.com/maps/?mapType=aerial&zoom=16&countryCode=GB&lat=53.4030885963953&lon=-2.99185595820794#map=53.40044,-2.98779|17|32&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:53.40071:-2.98999:17 Salthouse Dock aerial photo]
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