Albert Dock 1980s Picture

[taffy]

It is pretty clear it was office accommodation. The chimney stacks give it away.

Below: Dukes Dock.The building can be seen here, and looks used. Albert Dock to the left - 1964.


The superb delta potico Brindley warehouses, from the 1700s, were systematically demolished in the 1970s. Brindley designed the Bridgewater canal and many of the locks and bridges too.

Many Philistines were pressing for Hartley's Albert Dock masterpiece to be dynamited into the dock, for the building of the Polytechnic and its car-park.

They got their way on the Brindley warehouses adjacent. Thank God we had the likes of Quentin Hughes and Tony Moscardini who could see what was obvious to all but those in power.

Below: Albert Dock is behind the camera. This Dukes Dock warehouse was demolished in 1964.

Nice photos Waterways. It's ironic that the same design of warehouses at the Manchester end of the Bridgewater canal have survived as has the earlier Mersey and Irwell navigation warehouse. Both have now been renovated and look superb

[Waterways]

British Waterways only took ownership of the waterways in the south docks a few years ago. The blame for this goes back to the original redevelopment of the Albert Dock.

What I find really annoying is the negative attitude towards larger vessels.

John

Salthouse Dock could have taken many tall ships, but they were berthed in the commercial Wellington Dock way up north from the centre. Peel and British Waterways have a very negative attitude towards large vessels. They think Liverpool is Sheffield or Birmingham.

[Kev]

Amazing image I'm sure you'll agree.

Source: Unknown.

does anyone know where this image is from? Trying to find the origin or where it can be found.

[corky100]

I found this: Interesting stuff....

http://www.millsmediagroup.com/2010/...e-of-liverpool


Especially these two photos included:

"The changes to the famous skyline are obvious when compared to the other images below which were taken in 1966 (looking South over Albert Dock) and 1974 (again looking North)."

[wsteve55]

It looks like it was taken in the early 70's,after the lock gates were opened, and it became tidal? No idea on it's origin,but maybe something to do with a prospective buyer,such as Gerald Zizeman(?) who wanted to build a skyscraper on the site???


P.S. Does anyone have any pic's or info' on the clock tower that was in the Albert dock?

[corky100]

a 1907-ish Photo of the Herculaneum Dock I found while looking this up. Sort of fits here probably.

[scouse smurf]

check out the youtube clip on this thread too

http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/sho...l=1#post301660

[fortinian]

Re: Clocktower

Albert Dock was designed and built by Liverpool's Chief Dock Engineer Jesse Hartley (1780-1860). His distinctive style gave Liverpool its Wapping Warehouses, its cyclopean stonework and its medievalesque dock architecture. He was a skilled stoneworker but Hartley was not trained or experienced in large-scale warehouse building so in 1843 he wrote to celebrated dock-engineer Philip Hardwick of London to gain his approval. One result of this is that Hardwick gave assistance to Hartley with the Albert Dock. For instance the Dock Offices (the building opposite the Pumphouse Pub with the portico) was designed by Hardwick but modified by Hartley.

Another one of Hardwicks designs was the clock-tower or turret. You can tell it was done by a different architect as it looks to be part of a different building altogether. Why Hartley didn't design a suitible clock-tower I don't know. Here are some pictures of the tower.

[wsteve55]

Thanks for that Fortinian, it does look quite different from the rest of the dock! There dont seem to be many pic's of the clock tower itself,which makes me think that it went (why/how?) some time ago,in an otherwise functioning dock,which seems unusual?

[Ged]

I think it went during WWII bombing.


http://www.albertdock.com/pages/index.php?page_id=1312

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[wsteve55]

Thanks Ged, never gave WW2 bombing any thought,and is probably why it went!

[anonymouse]

Hi Max,
This photo was taken in the early 70's, note the WWII bomb damage to the corner of the warehouse. Maybe the surrounding buildings were used to match the fabric of the warehouses when restoration was taking place? The wall in the foreground now has a single storey building running through it, which houses the dock gate controls.

okie

[Samsette]

"This picture was taken in the early 70"s." And nothing had been done to fix up the damage from the early forties. Can this be true?

[anonymouse]

"This picture was taken in the early 70"s." And nothing had been done to fix up the damage from the early forties. Can this be true?

Fix up the damage? Around that time they were talking about knocking the lot down!

[Samsette]

They must have been in a foul mood. What stopped them?