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OS grid
  
SJ326953

Address
  
Bootle, UK

Opened
  
1884

Type
  
Wet dock

Owner
  
The Peel Group

Hornby Dock

Location
  
Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Operator
  
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company

Joins
  
Gladstone Dock Alexandra Dock

Similar
  
Brocklebank Dock, Langton Dock, Gladstone Dock, Alexandra Dock - Liverpool, Toxteth Dock

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Hornby Dock was a dock located on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It was situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. It connected to Gladstone Dock to the north and Alexandra Dock to the south and encompassed a sloping quayside.

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History

The dock was built by George Fosbery Lyster between 1880-3. Opened in 1884, Hornby Dock marked the completion of Liverpool dock system's period of expansion in the nineteenth century. The dock was named after Thomas Dyson Hornby, chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board between 1876 and 1889, and was used by the timber trade during its early years. The dock had a lighthouse which, because of its foghorn, was known as the Bootle Bull. The lighthouse was demolished in 1928, being replaced by one built north of Gladstone Dock. In 1940, during World War II, the Hornby River Entrance was bombed and very badly damaged, which restricted use of the dock throughout the war. The dock was still receiving significant traffic by 1992, mainly in the form of general cargo and containers, with new quayside sheds being built.

Present

Apart from an access channel along the river wall, the dock has been filled in to provide additional space for the coal terminal at Gladstone Dock.

References

Hornby Dock Wikipedia