Awoke to a very warm and bright start.
The dogs went for a walk this morning around the Docks, gave the boat a good clean and vacuum.
We had a coffee and went off to the Maritime Museum, where we assembled with a small group who had booked to go on the tour of the "Old/wet Dock". This dock is the first commercial wet dock in the world, it was designed, built and finished in 1715. It is reputed to be the beginning of Liverpool being a major commercial port.
This dock had gates to trap the water, so the ships could be loaded/unloaded while they floated in the dock (unlike before, as the Mersey is tidal the ships could only moor-up at the docks at high tide and would have to move off at low tide). It was the size of six football pitches and capable of holding up to one hundred ships at a time.
When the new development of the area was recently developed, part of the dock was uncovered when John Lewis's was built, it is under ground in the basement of some of the shops and extends towards the present Albert Dock which was built later on off the sea shore.
Apparently the whole of the dock is still there underground, but they only have enough cash at the moment to uncover a corner of it.
In the late afternoon we went shopping, to explore other parts of the city.
The dogs went for a walk this morning around the Docks, gave the boat a good clean and vacuum.
We had a coffee and went off to the Maritime Museum, where we assembled with a small group who had booked to go on the tour of the "Old/wet Dock". This dock is the first commercial wet dock in the world, it was designed, built and finished in 1715. It is reputed to be the beginning of Liverpool being a major commercial port.
This dock had gates to trap the water, so the ships could be loaded/unloaded while they floated in the dock (unlike before, as the Mersey is tidal the ships could only moor-up at the docks at high tide and would have to move off at low tide). It was the size of six football pitches and capable of holding up to one hundred ships at a time.
When the new development of the area was recently developed, part of the dock was uncovered when John Lewis's was built, it is under ground in the basement of some of the shops and extends towards the present Albert Dock which was built later on off the sea shore.
Apparently the whole of the dock is still there underground, but they only have enough cash at the moment to uncover a corner of it.
In the late afternoon we went shopping, to explore other parts of the city.
We came back to watch the Dragon Boat Races.
On this Day in 1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" released.
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