Albert Dock

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Albert Dock is a historic waterfront complex in Liverpool, England, known for its restored 19th-century dock buildings that now house museums, galleries, shops, and restaurants.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dock complex
historic site
tourist attraction
waterfront development
architect Jesse Hartley
Philip Hardwick
country United Kingdom
currentUse art galleries
bars
museum complex
offices
residential apartments
restaurants
shops
declinePeriod mid-20th century
formerUse commercial dock
transatlantic trade hub
warehouse complex
hasPart Albert Dock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Albert Dock basin

Canning Dock (adjacent)
Brocklebank Dock
surface form: Canning Half Tide Dock (adjacent)

Langton Dock
surface form: Salthouse Dock (adjacent)

colonnades
docking basins
pumphouse
quays
warehouses
hasView Liverpool city skyline
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
houses World Museum, Liverpool
surface form: International Slavery Museum

Merseyside Maritime Museum
Tate Liverpool
The Beatles Story museum
inception construction started 1841
locatedIn England
Liverpool
Merseyside
locatedOn River Mersey
materialUsed brick
cast iron
stone
namedAfter Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
surface form: Prince Albert
notableFor early use of cast iron, brick and stone with no structural wood
first non-combustible warehouse system in the world
openingDate 1846
openingEvent opened by Prince Albert in 1846
operator Aberdeen Standard Investments (management)
owner Peel Group
surface form: Peel Group (via subsidiary)
partOf Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site buffer zone
surface form: Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (former UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Liverpool docks
surface form: Liverpool waterfront
regeneration 1980s urban renewal project
reopenedToPublic 1984
touristVisitorsPerYear millions of visitors

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Liverpool hasLandmark Albert Dock
Pier Head hasNearbyAttraction Albert Dock
Albert Dock hasPart Albert Dock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Albert Dock basin
Port of Liverpool hasPart Albert Dock
this entity surface form: Royal Albert Dock
Tate Liverpool locatedIn Albert Dock
Tate Liverpool locatedOn Albert Dock
this entity surface form: Liverpool’s historic Albert Dock
Museum of Liverpool nearby Albert Dock