Originally Posted by
dazza
The 1835 map just refers to 'Iron Works' - I suspect the beginnings of the Mersey Forge?
div>
D.
The Forge, later named the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, I am sure moved because of dock expansion. The iron frames of three churches were early 1800s, so the forge on the foreshore in the 1835 map would have made those. The Forge moved back inland, and expanded greatly, after the docks took the foreshore. Harrington Dock opened in 1844, although closed to make way for new alignment works in the early 1880s, as was Toxteth Dock. The initial Harrington Dock dealt in timber and small shipbuilding. The expanded dock dispensed with ships and was used for cargo liners, particularly the Elder Dempster Line and is as you see today, only there is no water any more.
By 1835 Brunswick Dock was opened, 1832. Brunswick was constructed on the site of the dam of the tidal mill, known as Jackson's Dam.
Did the Pottery close because of dock expansion rather than business reasons? Early versions of CPO's? Or a combination of both? It was on the site of an old copper works.
Bookmarks