The Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, was opened in 1846 by its namesake, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The dock closed to shipping in 1972 and suffered from dereliction for a period until it was redeveloped in the early 1980s by Arrowcroft Group plc with funding from the Merseyside Development Corporation; this work, which was carried out by Tarmac Construction, involved a total structural refurbishment of all five buildings and included rebuilding a top corner of a warehouse which had been knocked off by a World War II bomb. The buildings now contain a variety of bars, restaurants and museums, as well as hotels and office space.
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