page_title: Wallasey
section_title: Early 19th-century development
hierarchical_section_title: Wallasey / History / Early 19th-century development
caption_attribution_description: East Float Dock, Wallasey. The tugboats coming to assist a ship in another dock are THORNGARTH (right) and SVITZER STANLOW (left). THORNGARTH IMO Number: 8311998 MMSI Number: 232004165 Callsign: MPHP5 Length: 33 m Beam: 10 m SVITZER STANLOW IMO numbr: 9352793 MMSI: 235010620 GRT 656 L 39 m(37,50), B 16m(13,50), D3,30m 2 VSP, 2x diesel, 7180bhp total, bp 70t 2006: Built by "ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd" at Singapore (SGP) (YN 500) delivered to "Svitzer Marine Ltd" at Middlesbrough (GBR) (GBR flag, regd Liverpool, c/s MLNF7)
context_page_description: Wallasey is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula. At the 2011 Census, the population was 60,284.
context_section_description: By the early 19th century, the shoreline between Seacombe and Rock Point started to become an attractive area to which affluent Liverpool merchants and sea captains could retire. Development at Egremont began around this time, and gained pace with the introduction of steam ferries across the river. The area also had a defensive role overlooking the growing Port of Liverpool. In 1829, Fort Perch Rock was built, and in 1858 Liscard Battery.
  In 1835 Liscard Hall was built by another merchant, Sir John Tobin. Its grounds later became Central Park. His family also developed a “model farm” nearby.
  With the expansion of trade on the Mersey, new docks were constructed between 1842 and 1847 in the Wallasey Pool, and by 1877 the dock system between Wallasey and neighbouring Birkenhead was largely complete. The area around the docks became a centre for engineering industries, many associated with shipbuilding, and other activities including sugar refining and the manufacture of cement and fertilisers. Bidston Dock, the last in the area, was opened in 1933, but was filled in during 2003.
caption: East Float Dock
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