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The station was for goods only and initially there was an extensive goods yard at the foot of the descent down to river level and alongside the slope. A four-storey warehouse, loading mound and goods sheds was constructed between 1881 and 1884. [1] The station was renamed North Mersey & Alexandra Docks station on 1 August 1892. [2]
Bootle was a bathing resort in the early 19th century. Between 1860 and 1900 its population increased nearly ten-fold, due to the building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the extension of the docks. [1] Before this time, the only listed buildings are those relating to a shooting lodge of the Earl of Derby. The main civic buildings, most of ...
The race was a big success for the city with over one million visitors into Liverpool over a period of four days, of which 160,000 visited the Albert Dock. In total it is estimated that the two flagship regeneration schemes of the MDC, the tall ships race and International Garden Festival, attracted over 3.5 million visitors to Liverpool in 1984.
Alexandra Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. Alexandra Dock consists of a main basin nearest the river wall and three branch docks to the east, with the southern branch mostly filled in. Alexandra Dock, April 2017.
The Wavertree Botanic Garden was first opened in 1836, occupying a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) plot just south of Edge Lane. This spot was chosen as the site for the relocation of the original Liverpool Botanic Garden, which had been established near Mount Pleasant in 1802 by William Roscoe and other local botanists. [1]
Southeast Texas has been hit with heavy rains and rising rivers, leading to school closings, high-water rescues and mandatory evacuation orders in some areas. Here's a look at the situation ...
St. Lawrence with St. Paul's, Kirkdale is the Church of England parish church. The parish boundary runs from the edge of Bootle to the north down until the edge of the Vauxhall area and to the edge of Walton in the east. St. Lawrence church joined with St. Paul's in 2002 when the parish of St. Paul with St. Mary's, Bootle, was split in two and brought into the Liverpool North Deanery, in ...
The dock had a lighthouse which, because of its foghorn, was known as the Bootle Bull. [4] The lighthouse was demolished in 1928, being replaced by one built north of Gladstone Dock. [ 4 ] 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. [ 1 ]