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Old Dock, the Glossary

The Old Dock, originally known as Thomas Steers' dock, was the world's first commercial wet dock.^[1]

25 relations: Battle of Britain, Bomb, Canning Dock, Channel 4, Custom House, Liverpool, Drawbridge, Dry dock, England, Floating dock (impounded), Geodetic datum, George Sorocold, Grosvenor Group, Half tide dock, John Foster Jr (architect), Liverpool, Liverpool One, National Car Parks, River Mersey, Sewage, Slavery, Thomas Steers, Time Team specials, United Kingdom, Wharf, World War II.
Former buildings and structures in Liverpool
Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Merseyside

Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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Bomb

A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy.

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Canning Dock

Canning Dock on the River Mersey is part of the Port of Liverpool in northern England. Old Dock and Canning Dock are Liverpool docks.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Custom House, Liverpool

The Custom House was a 19th-century Neo-classical building located in Liverpool, England.

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Drawbridge

A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Floating dock (impounded)

A floating dock, floating harbour or wet dock is a dock alongside a tidal waterway which maintains a 'constant' level, despite the changing tides.

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Geodetic datum

A geodetic datum or geodetic system (also: geodetic reference datum, geodetic reference system, or geodetic reference frame) is a global datum reference or reference frame for precisely representing the position of locations on Earth or other planetary bodies by means of geodetic coordinates.

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George Sorocold

George Sorocold (– c. 1738) was an English civil engineer of the eighteenth century notable for pioneering work on water supplies and hydraulic power systems around Great Britain.

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Grosvenor Group

Grosvenor Group Limited is an internationally diversified property group, which traces its origins to 1677 and has its headquarters in London, England.

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Half tide dock

A half tide dock is a partially tidal dock.

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John Foster Jr (architect)

John Foster, Junior (1786 – 21 August 1846) was an English architect born and based in Liverpool.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Liverpool One

Liverpool ONE is a shopping, residential, and leisure complex in Liverpool, England.

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National Car Parks

National Car Parks (NCP) is a private car park operator, with car parks in towns, cities, airports, London Underground and National Rail stations.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a major river in North West England.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Thomas Steers

Thomas Steers was thought to have been born in 1672 in Kent and died in 1750.

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Time Team specials

This is a list of Time Team special episodes that aired between 1997 and 2014.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Wharf

A wharf (or wharfs), quay (also), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dock

Also known as Old Dock Sill.