Liverpool’s Docks — No. 1 · Article No. 18
Liverpool’s Old Dock — From Muddy Pool to World Port
How Liverpool transformed the tidal Pool into the world’s first commercial enclosed wet dock in 1715 — and began its rise as a global port.
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