History - St. Andrew's Dock was originally designed for the coal trade but by the time it opened in 1883 it was earmarked solely for the use of the fishing industry which, with the development of steam powered trawlers and of the railway network, was undergoing a period of rapid expansion. The dock extension was opened in 1897. By the 1930s road transport was challenging rail and the last fish train ran in 1965. The last boom period in the industry was in the early 1970s, but by this time the fish market buildings on the north side of the dock were in need of repair. With the expansion of the freezer trawler fleet it was decided to move the fish docks to new buildings at Albert Dock in 1975 and St. Andrew's Dock was closed. This move unfortunately coincided with the declaration by Iceland of a 200 mile limit, the outbreak of the last Cod War, and a decline in the industry from which it has never recovered. On the 3rd November 1975 St. Andrews was closed to shipping. In 1985 the dock was filled in and it is now the site of a retail park named St. Andrew’s Quay. ( Taken from http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/l-20c/industry/fishing/heritage/st-andrews-dock.htm )
The buildings in which have being left behind from the fishing industry have being left abandoned in terrible condition, they are falling apart and covered in graffiti by vandals. This has left the docks in a state beyond repair. In 2015 started the demolition of some of the buildings the main building The Lord Line is iconic to the city's fishing trade. Is still one of the remaining buildings standing amougst all the rubble.
Before they started to knock down all the buildings I went for a walk around all the abandoned buildings looking at how they have deteriorated over time, with nature slowly taking back the land growing through the rubble.
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