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 Trading Places

Welcome to the Mersey docks!

Explore the people, trades and ships that turned this quiet fishing area into a world-famous port.

There are three ways to explore this site.

By theme

Click on a topic to find out which docks were involved in that theme. Click on them to learn what they did or ask for more information.

By year

Click on a year to find out what was happening in the world and what were the docks doing at the time. Click each dock name to find out.

By dock

Click on a dock to find out about its history.

There have been so many Mersey docks that we've only been able to include a small sample. However it gives you a taster of what happened and still goes on at this great port.

Are you ready to begin the voyage?

RMS Aquitania in Gladstone graving dock