stanley dock grain silo

one of my favorite places to visit is Stanley dock, don't know why I'm just fascinated with the whole place. it was my first time up the silo and god it stank in there courtesy of winged rats i believe. it was a cold night and it was blowing a fair bit to add to the misery.

history:-
The Stanley Dock warehouse was built in 1848. The dock itself links to the Liverpool and Leeds Canal. It also stands apart from all the other Docks in that it was built on the landside of the dock road.

Directly opposite the Stanley Dock Warehouse stands The Tobacco Warehouse. Built in 1900 it was the biggest building in the world at the time. Even today, it remains the world's largest brick warehouse. While the Tobacco warehouse is partly used as a popular Sunday market, both buildings await much-needed restoration and redevelopment.

The Stanley Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the Vauxhall area in the northern end of the dock system. It is connected to Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the east and Collingwood Dock to the west.
Designed by Jesse Hartley, it opened in 1848. At the start of the Twentieth Century the Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse was built on the in-filled south half of the dock.

Built in 1852-4 this is one of the first dock warehouses to be designed for rail transport and the use of hydraulic power.

yes i know you may have seen this same style of pic from everybody else who has ever been up here but i like it. :)

over looking Liverpool

the tobacco warehouse on the left, not the best of pics but its the best i got from the night.

the 6 faced clock, which is also derelict.

a pic from the filming of Sherlock Holmes, Stanley dock was used in the filming of the first and and soon to be second!

The Stanley Dock warehouse

Came accross this place as i was going on a tour of the mersey tunnel thought it was worth a go!

The Stanley Dock warehouse designed by Jesse Hartley was built in 1848. The dock itself links to the Liverpool and Leeds Canal. It also stands apart from all the other Docks in that it was built on the landside of the dock road. The original warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II listed buildings. Part of the northern warehouse was demolished after sustaining damage in an air raid during the Second World War.

plans have been unveiled for the warehouses to be redeveloped into office space and a total of 930 apartments. The plans involve digging out the centre of the tobacco warehouse to create a garden-filled courtyard.

the next two pics are from the top off the castle style tower in the above pic, had to go up the spiral stairway of death!