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Harland & Wolff, Liverpool
Harland & Wolff, Head Quarters | Harland & Wolff, Engineering & Foundry It was around 1913 when Harland & Wolff Ltd, expanded their existing shipbuilding business into Liverpool. Opening a further engineering Works and foundry on Strand Road, along with…
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The ‘Star of Hope’ and ‘Atlantic’ Shipwrecks
Star of Hope | Atlantic In addition to the Ancient Footprints on the beach near Formby, more history can occasionally be found a little further along the coast near Ainsdale. Two of the many shipwrecks that have foundered on the…
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Endeavour
The German built passenger ferry, Endeavour, whose last reported name is listed as, ‘Trinity’ – (IMO 5264663). She was originally built & launched in 1959 as the ‘Alte Liebe’. However since her launch, she has had several name changes: The…
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Warrington Transporter Bridge
The historic Warrington Transporter Bridge crosses the River Mersey close to Warrington Bank Quay Station. It is one of only 8 bridges of this type still surviving worldwide, having Grade II listing and Scheduled Monument protection. The current transporter was…
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Inside the Otterspool café
‘Otterspool House’, the once grand home of “John Moss” stood in what is now Otterspool park, South Liverpool. When the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was proposed in the 1820s, John Moss took great interest in the proposed new passenger Railway,…
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The old Bank Vault
An intereresting discovery was made back in March 2019 whilst ground works were taking place at the site of the former Midland Bank, on Upper Parliament Street by Smithdown Lane and Tunnel Road. The foundations of the former bank’ were…
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Beneath Renshaw Street, Liverpool
The discovery and exploration of a long lost, little known subterranean passage and tunnel under Renshaw Street, Liverpool City Centre. Located beneath what was once a former tyre fitting garage, next door to the Dispensary Pub. This small but interesting…
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Demolition of the Former ‘Garston Hotel’
The Garston Hotel was built in 1853, at the junction of St Mary’s Road, Seddon Road and Dock Road. Built alongside the former Garston Dock Station on the Cheshire Lines Committee Railway (CLC). Customers of the Garston Hotel would have…
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Culvert of the Ancient Garston River unearthed
During construction of the new Garston Way bypass (A561) back in the early 1980’s. An old culvert was discovered on ‘Church Road’. The discovery was made where the new Garston Way bypass bridge was being built. The culvert is thought…
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Drakelow Tunnels
An organised trip for members of FoWT, to the historic Drakelow Tunnels, the former Top Secret subterranean complex near Kidderminster. The Drakelow complex was built in 1941/1942 as a Shadow Factory for the Rover car Company. Rover manufactured engines and…
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