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Albert Dock with the Catholic cathedral in the background. Designed and built for Jesse Hartley for the sum of �514,475 8s 1d, and opened by Prince Albert in 1846 |
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Albert Dock with the Anglican cathedral in the background. The Albert Dock represents Britain's largest group of grade one listed buildings and contains one and a quarter million square feet of floor space. |
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Stanley Dock Warehouses 1852-56 Later than Albert dock, with an improved design and cast iron columns. part of the dock was filled in to build the tobacco warehouse. |  |
Tobacco Bonded Warehouse 1900 the largest brick warehouse in the world. It is huge and you can buy it if you like. |
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Victoria Tower 1845-1848 and Salisbury Dock. A six faced clock and bell tower. |  |
Stanley Dock |
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Marina with Cathedrals |  |
Marina with? What is that thing lying on the dockside? |
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White Star Line Buildings designed 1897. The sinking of the Titanic was announced from the balconies of this building to an angry and frightened crowd below. |
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The Liver Buildings, 1908-1911 with the Liver Birds on the top, is one of the 3 graces. the first large scale building to be built with reinforced concrete in the world. Carl Bernard Bartels, (1866-1955) designed the Liver Birds, he was detained in the Isle of Man during WW1 for being a German national and forcibly repatriated after the war.. |
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The Three Graces |
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Port of Liverpool Authority Building 1907. One of the Pierhead's 3 Graces. |
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The River Mersey by Albert Dock |
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The River Mersey with one of the famous ferries. |
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Walker Art Gallery |
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Albert Dock |
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Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.1962-67
Near the University of Liverpool. Built on the site of the
Liverpool Workhouse more on the cathedral |
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The Cathedral Church of
Christ 1903 The largest Anglican Cathedral in Britain more on the Cathedral |
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St. John's Beacon |  |
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Hope Street with the Catholic Cathedral at one end and the Anglican at the other. The street was named after someone called Hope but the name is apt as the road links the catholic and Anglican cathedrals. The Philharmonic Hotel 1898-1900 is the most ornate pub in Hope Street with world famous marble urinals. |  |
Hope Place |
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Chinese Arch |  |
Sefton Park |