River Mersey

  • Harland & Wolff, Liverpool

    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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  • Queensway, River Mersey Tunnel

    Queensway, River Mersey Tunnel

    Main Queensway Tunnel | The Old Dock The Queensway Tunnel, was the first of two road tunnels to be built under the River Mersey, connecting Liverpool to the Wirral. The second being the newer Kingsway Tunnel, which opened in 1971.…

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  • Endeavour

    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

    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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  • River Jordan, Aigburth

    River Jordan, Aigburth

    In Liverpool’s historic past, there were ancient rivers, which strangely do not seem to exist anymore. However, many of these rivers still flow down to the Mersey. There existance largely hidden from view, flowing through a network of underground brick…

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  • Inside the Otterspool café

    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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  • Liverpool’s “Royal Iris” on the Thames

    Liverpool’s “Royal Iris” on the Thames

    MV Royal Iris (IMO 5301332), arguably Liverpool’s most famous and best loved River Mersey ferry. She was a diesel electric vessel with a passenger capacity of close to 2,300 people, launched in December 1950. In June 1977, the Royal Iris…

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