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Clarence Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall, it was connected to Trafalgar Dock. Designed by Jesse Hartley, the dock opened on 16 September 1830. Clarence Dock was named after William, Duke of Clarence, who became William IV. It was built as a self-contained steamship dock facility. This was to avoid the risk of fire to wooden-hulled sailing vessels then using the other docks.〔 The dock was filled in 1929 and the site was then used for a power station. The three large chimneys of the Clarence Dock Power Station were a familiar local landmark until the site was demolished in the mid-1990s. The docks was the berths of the Irish ferry ships. During the Irish famine in the 1840s over 1.3 million starving Irish entered the dock. After many weeks or months, many took a took ship to America from Waterloo Dock, there being no direct sailings to America from Ireland. Others moved to London and other British towns and cities.〔 The two Clarence Graving Docks are still extant and accessible via what remains of Trafalgar Dock. As part of the Liverpool Waters development, Clarence Dock will become one of the clusters of tall buildings. It was one of the two clusters of tall high-rise buildings which have been agreed between Peel Holdings and English Heritage. (In 2004 it was proposed ) that a (60,000 seat stadium for Everton FC be built at Clarence Dock ) by the Mersey Docks And Harbour Company and the NWDA. This would include a (rapid rail service ) to be financed by the NWDA. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarence Dock (Liverpool)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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