Liverpool's Lost Dock opens for first time in 200 years
LIVERPOOL'S Lost Dock is being opened to the public for the first time in 200 years.
Te first glimpse for centuries of the world's first commercial enclosed wet dock will be unveiled tomorrow.
The Old Dock opened in 1715 and marked the beginning of Liverpool's rise to become an international seaport. Its construction was a technological innovation and represented the start of Liverpool as a Maritime Mercantile City.
Read more about the opening here, and here are some more pictures of the dock.
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Laura Davis - Laura Davis is the Liverpool Daily Post's Arts Editor and 02 Digital Journalist of the Year 2009, which is in a large part due to this blog. She has a long-standing interest in local history and is keen to learn more about your own memories or discoveries about the history of Liverpool and the surrounding area.
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