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Liverpool docks archive Stock Photos and Images
RMPRWC9G–The overhead railway aka Dockers' Umbrella, Liverpool, England. The railway operated along the Liverpool Docks with lightweight electric multiple units from 1893 to 1956. From The Business Encyclopedia and Legal Adviser, published 1920.
RMD95T74–Liverpool Docks, England. Goree Buildings, George's Dock, Liverpool, pedestrian arcade with five levels of warehousing above. The buildings shown here are those constructed after the fire of 1802. Illustration by William Westall (1781-1850) for 'Great Britain Illustrated' by Thomas Moule (London, 1830).
RME13M1M–Mar. 02, 2012 - Unloading American Cotton In Liverpool Docks: Liverpool is one of the main ports through which Lancashire import its raw cotton., At the Geadstone docks ships such as the U.S. ship Eugen Sykes dearth and have their Cargo unloaded the sands of bales of the raw material for the Hungary mills of the busy industrialism Hinterland of Lancashire. The bales are stacked inside enormous ware house Until they are sortd and loaded on to road or rail transport for dispatch to their ultimate destinations. Each bale is weighted on arrival as a check against the ship's manifest
RMW4PAAM–Engraving of the sailboats at the Liverpool docks, England, from the book 'The earth and its inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1881. Courtesy Internet Archive. ()
RMFDWK86–An engraving of Goree Buildings, Liverpool Docks scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1834. Believed copyright free.
RM2EAM14X–1973 Liverpool docks HMS Intrepid (L11) was one of two Fearless-class amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy, moored alongside the docks in front of the Liverpool Liver Building, River Mersey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, UK, Europe
RM2K902JT–An 1846 plan of Liverpool Docks by designer and architect Jesse Hartley (1780-1860), Civil Engineer and Superintendent of the Concerns of the Dock Estate in Liverpool from 1824 to 1860. The Albert Dock is Hartley’s most famous legacy and displays some of his revolutionary ideas. They include sheet metal below the timber floorboards able to withstand fire for 40 minutes unchecked. It was one of the first to have warehouses at the waters edge. The dock gates kept water at a constant level whatever the tide, allowing ships to berth at high tide, unload straight into the warehouse.
![1999 - Liverpool Liver building from Albert Dock Liverpool Merseyside England GB UK Europe. The Royal Albert Dock[1] is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world. It was the Albert Dock until 2018, when it was granted a royal charter and had 'Royal' added to its name. RIBA North is missing, built in 2017. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EXBN7R/1999-liverpool-liver-building-from-albert-dock-liverpool-merseyside-england-gb-uk-europe-the-royal-albert-dock-1-is-a-complex-of-dock-buildings-and-warehouses-in-liverpool-england-designed-by-jesse-hartley-and-philip-hardwick-it-was-opened-in-1846-and-was-the-first-structure-in-britain-to-be-built-from-cast-iron-brick-and-stone-with-no-structural-wood-as-a-result-it-was-the-first-non-combustible-warehouse-system-in-the-world-it-was-the-albert-dock-until-2018-when-it-was-granted-a-royal-charter-and-had-royal-added-to-its-name-riba-north-is-missing-built-in-2017-2EXBN7R.jpg "1999 - Liverpool Liver building from Albert Dock Liverpool Merseyside England GB UK Europe. The Royal Albert Dock[1] is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world. It was the Albert Dock until 2018, when it was granted a royal charter and had 'Royal' added to its name. RIBA North is missing, built in 2017. Stock Photo")
RM2EXBN7R–1999 - Liverpool Liver building from Albert Dock Liverpool Merseyside England GB UK Europe. The Royal Albert Dock[1] is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world. It was the Albert Dock until 2018, when it was granted a royal charter and had 'Royal' added to its name. RIBA North is missing, built in 2017.
RM2K902EC–Roper & Cole's map of Liverpool in 1807, when it was just on the cusp of transformation from town to city, with the earliest suburbs established and just ten docks. The main decoration on the map is an engraving of St Paul’s Church, which stood just to the west of the railway as it enters Exchange Station. Top centre is a Liverpool’s coat of arms. There are two liver birds flanked by Neptune and Triton holding flags of another liver bird and a ship respectively. Mention should also be made of a fort and barracks on the Mersey, reflecting the threat of a French invasion.
RM2K902ER–A map by William Swire of Liverpool created in 1824 as the city moved into the 19th century featuring a list of districts and landmarks. The docks stretch from Queens Dock in the south to the North Dock that became Waterloo Dock in 1834. Everton was a village of large houses and gardens for wealthy merchants and industrialists and clean air and views over the river. The map includes the Corporation of Liverpool coat-of-arms with a depiction of the liver bird. Bottom right features ‘A Mapp of Leverpoole 1720’, illustrating the town almost exactly a century earlier.
RMM4B8PM–An engraving of Liverpool UK scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1833. Believed copyright free.
RM2K902RC–A map of Liverpool created in 1847 for the Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The coloured lines are Parliamentary Borough boundaries. Liverpool is in the centre, with, clockwise from the north, Kirkdale, Everton, West Derby and Toxteth. The civic buildings marked in dark rectangles surround the present-day university campus.
RMH3J71C–Customs and Pilot cutters at Pier Head Liverpool docks photographed in 1949. These boats would sail out to cargo ships in the Mersey estuary and carry out customs and health inspections or deliver pilots to guide vessels in to port. Albert dock buildings are in the distance.
RMEKP2FE–Docks at a standstill in Liverpool on the first day of the national dock strike. Merchant ships line the wharves, idle. 16th May 1966.
RM2A4F30J–An engraving of Canning Dock and Custom House, Liverpool UK scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1842. Believed copyright free.
RMR86970–The destroyed Huskisson Dock No 2, following the explosion of 1,000 tons of shells and bombs in the hold of the merchant ship, 'Malakand' on 2nd May, 1940 during the Blitz by the Luftwaffe in World War Two, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
RMEP2FF4–Two families on board the liner 'Cameronia' at Liverpool docks, having returned from Australia where they had emigrated eighteen months previously. The families were quoted as saying that they would 'rather die in England than live in Australia'. 8 April, 1951.
RM2J5DT80–1961, historical, steam powered barges and cargo ships docked at Birkenhead, Liverpool, including the Steel motor vessel, City of Lichfield, built by William Denny & Bros on the Clyde in Scotland. The Birkenhead docks were an inland waterway on the River Mersey, which closed in 1993.
RMEM5BK1–Living up to its name, Flying Scotsman takes to the air courtesy of the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board floating crane Mammoth. It is being swung aboard Cunard Lineıs freighter Saxonia in Liverpool, bound for the US, on September 19, 1969. In an audacious move, Alan Pegler took Flying Scotsman to America for a transcontinental exhibition tour of British goods.
RF2H5APW6–Vintage photo circa 1889 George's dock in Liverpool England, showing the quayside and sailing ships
RM2K65XKG–Grain in a shed at the docks in Liverpool. Large quantities of grain arrived daily during the First World War in spite of efforts by 'U'boats to torpedo convoys.
RM2K902HD–It was in 1824 that William Laird created a new town at Birkenhead, built a shipyard and the new town grew rapidly. In 1843 James Meadows Rendel made plans (marked in red) for the docks and warehouses at Birkenhead, on the Wirral, on the opposite side of the River Mersey from Liverpool. The scheme was managed by the Birkenhead Dock Co until the financial crisis of 1847. In 1858 the Birkenhead Dock Estate was transferred to the Liverpool Dock Trustees, since recognised under the title of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board who gained the rights to dock ownership and revenues.
RMWFW398–Firemen tackle a fire at L.M.S. Waterloo Goods Station near Waterloo and Victoria docks during the German Blitz on Liverpool between August 1940 and January 1942.
RM2EAM15G–1973 Manchester Ship Canal Trafford road bridge. Designed by John Butler & Co, the Trafford Swing Road Bridge was built in 1892 spanning the Manchester Ship Canal and would swing open allowing ocean going cargo ships to travel inland from Liverpool to the Manchester Docks and Pomona Docks. In July 1987 the bridge was listed as a Grade II structure (Historic England List Entry Number: 1386184). The bridge carries the busy A5063 Trafford Road which links the M602 and A56 and is located on the canal up from the Lowry and Media City UK Studios in Salford Manchester England GB UK Europe
RM2FYW7DR–A late 19th century view of a steam ferry crossing the River Mersey from Birkenhead to Liverpool. Ferries have been used on this route since at least the 12th century, and by the 1840s, Birkenhead was developing into a busy new town. The railway to Chester had opened, the town was growing quickly, and docks were under construction. In 1847, the first floating landing stage, which rose and fell with the tide so that boats could dock at any time, was opened at Liverpool.
RM2BWB8G3–The Marconi wireless telephone set at the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices to maintain communication with the Crosby , Formby and Bar lightships , which have similar apparatus . Marconi 's Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd . 1 January 1925
RM2K90309–A map of Liverpool in the early 20th century published by John Bartholomew and Son between 1910 and 1919. It features the River Mersey at the bottom bringing the viewer's attention to the riverfront and the Pier Head, and we see the railways coming into the centre of town at Lime Street and Exchange Stations. The map includes the names of individual roads, docks, railway stations, parks and the grounds of Everton and Liverpool football teams along with many civic buildings and institutions such as the General Post Office and parks.
RM2A4F31B–An engraving of St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool from St George's Basin scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1842. Believed copyright free.
RMFAYWF2–An engraving of St George's Church from The Docks, Liverpool UK scanned at high resolution from a book printed in 1834. Believed copyright free.
RMG49WNR–The ship Empire Waveney, formerly the Nazi liner SS Strength Through Joy, which caught fire in Liverpool Docks.
RM2J27G0T–1961, historical, cargo ships moored at Birkenhead docks, Mersey, Liverpool, England including a steam barge and ship, City of Lichfield, a motor vessel built by William Denny & Bros on the Clyde for shipping company Ellerman Lines. She was launched in November 1960.
RM2DF6MR8–1950s, historical, the cargo ship 'Corinthian', Liverpool, moored at the quayside at the docks in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The steel screw steamer was built on Teeside in 1938 by William Gray & Co of West Hartlepool for Ellerman Lines of Liverpool. Between 1940 and 1945 during WW2, she functioned as a training ship as she was requistioned by the British Admiralty. in 1963 she was broken up at Dalmuir, Clyebank, Scotland.
RMDWC41X–Strand Street and Custom House, Liverpool, Lancashire, England in the 19th century. From Cities of the World, published c.1893.
RM2AJB5PP–1960s, historical, three steamships moored up beside each other at a working London Docks, including the 'Imperial Star', a ship of the Blue Star line equipped with refrigerated machinery for the carriage of meat. The ship built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff, had 29 cargo spaces insulated by granulated cork. Blus Star line was founded by the Vestey Brothers, a Liverpool-based butchers company, who pioneered shipping refrigeration. A steam drivern tugboat can also be seen going up the river.
RF2H5APW2–Vintage stereoscopic photo circa 1889 George's dock in Liverpool England, showing the quayside and sailing ships
RM2T050T6–Close up of part of the docks at Southampton, viewed from aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary. This photograph is from an unattributed personal album of photographs of a cruise to New York dated 29th June to 13th August 1956. Sailing from Liverpool aboard the Cunard vessel M.V. Britannic and returning from New York to Southampton aboard the Cunard vessel R.M.S. Queen Mary. Average size of the original photographs was 4x3 inches.
RF2H5K3HC–Vintage photo circa 1897 showing paddle steamers docking at the Mersey ferry landing stage in Liverpool England
RM2EAM166–1973 Manchester Ship Canal Duker Barge Parcastle. The J D McFaul, a Duker barge, originally named Parcastle was built in 1952 by Pimblotts in Northwich for the Manchester Ship Canal Company. She worked from 1952 to 1974 carrying lorry flats from Manchester to Liverpool and maize from Liverpool to Kelloggs factory in Manchester. The other two are 'dumb barges' which were loaded and towed behind the Duker barge. Manchester Ship Canal England GB UK Europe
RME0WRB6–Feb. 02, 1964 - Meryside Cilla is Top of the Pops: After more than two years, a girl is top of the records hit parade. She is Cilia black, 20 year old redhead from Liverpool, home of the Beatles and her records ''Anyone Who Has A Heart'' has ousted ''Needles'' and Pins'' by another Merseyside group - The Searchers, from the No. 1 spot. The last girl to top the Hit Parade was Helen Shapiro who scored her success back in 1961 B.B. (Before Beatles). Photo shows A close up of Cilla Black on a ship in the Liverpool Docks, after she had heard the news that she was the tops
RM2K8858P–Four men handling large sacks and a fifth man is on his knees, apparently calking seams on a vessel. In the distance there is a line of shipping at the right and a row of sheds at the left. In the sky, below the yard, are slight indications of clouds. Sketched by James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
RM2C7MT71–Liverpool.This is the old Liverpool docks looking across towards what was the docks pump house and the previous site of Granada Television news room
RM2K65YG6–An early 20th century view of the 'Corinthian' in the dry dock (then the world's largest dry dock) next to the Albert dock on the Liverpool waterfront, England. Built as a cargo and passenger liner for the White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Lin,e she was launched in 1902 from Harland and Wolff in Belfast.
RM2BWBGEC–King and Queen of Hilbre Island Mr Lewis Jones who for 35 years was ' King ' of Hilbre Island and who , as Guardian of Liverpool shipping , saved 24 lives , has retired from nearly 50 years service under the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1 March 1924
RM2B1JR57–'Dazzled Ships in Dry Dock, Liverpool' by Edward Alexander Wadsworth ARA (1889-1949) was an English artist, most famous for his close association with Vorticism. He painted, often in tempera, coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life and was also an engraver on wood and copper. In the First World War he was involved in transferring dazzle camouflage designs onto ships for the Royal Navy, and after the war he continued to paint nautical themes. See Alamy Image ID: H69FFB, for Peter Blakes modern take.
RM2G2MA56–A late 19th century view of massed sailing ships in the harbour at Whitehaven, a town and port on the west coast of Cumbria, historically in Cumberland, England. With a growing export of coal through the harbour from the 17th century onwards it also became a major port for trading with the American colonies, and was, after London, the second busiest port of England by tonnage from 1750 to 1772. However, the port's trade waned rapidly when ports with much larger shipping capacity, such as Bristol and Liverpool, began to take over its main trade.
RM2J5YKB6–1960s, historical, cargo ship, 'Seatern' moored at Birkenhead docks, Merseyside, Liverpool, England, UK.
RMM59TBP–Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, 20th February 2018 (File Image) Liverpool is set to bring back its tall building policy after UNESCO threat to with draw the citys status as a world heritage site unless it stopped granting planning permission which would have a negative impact on the outstanding universal vaue of the property. The policy which will involve corrective measures is to be discussed by councillors at the city coouncil meeting on the 23rd February 2018. Today the Three Graces can just be seen through the high rise buildings which have changed Liverpools waterfro
RM2T050T9–People on top of a dockside building welcoming the R.M.S. Queen Mary on her return from New York. View from aboard the ship. This photograph is from an unattributed personal album of photographs of a cruise to New York dated 29th June to 13th August 1956. Sailing from Liverpool aboard the Cunard vessel M.V. Britannic and returning from New York to Southampton aboard the Cunard vessel R.M.S. Queen Mary. Average size of the original photographs was 4x3 inches.
RMM59TBW–Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom, 20th February 2018 (File Image) Liverpool is set to bring back its tall building policy after UNESCO threat to with draw the citys status as a world heritage site unless it stopped granting planning permission which would have a negative impact on the outstanding universal vaue of the property. The policy which will involve corrective measures is to be discussed by councillors at the city coouncil meeting on the 23rd February 2018.Scan of the Three Graces through the Wappiing Arch from the strand at the Albert Dock in 1987 well before the r
RF2H5K3H9–Vintage stereoscopic photo circa 1897 showing paddle steamers docking at the Mersey ferry landing stage in Liverpool England
RM2HX4HGG–Floating Dock Bound For Far East -- Bound for service with the British Fleet in the Far East, this new floating dock is towed down the River Mersey from Birkenhead, England, with the Liverpool skyline in the background. Damaged British warships will be saved thousands of miles of travel by this dock and will be returned to action in the shortest possible time. This is a British Official Photograph. July 03, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
RF2H5AMHB–Vintage photo dated 1903 of the passenger liner SS Corinthic in dry dock for maintenance at the city of Liverpool in England. Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast she was launched in 1902 for the British shipping companies White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. She operated as a combined cargo and passenger liner from Liverpool to New Zealand. The SS Corinthic was scrapped in 1931
RMG7TB63–The Prince of Wales steps off a barge in Liverpool's Albert Dock, 142 years after it was originally opened by his great, great, great grandfather. The Prince opened the dock for the second time and opened the new Tate Gallery. He is followed by Philip Carter, Merseyside Development Corporation chairman.
RM2C7MT7D–Liverpool. This is Liverpool docks looking across towards the Royal Liver buildings with clock face and ventilation tower from the River Mersey tunnel
RF2DC2NM6–Around the UK - Royal Albert Docks Liverpool, UK, captured from an adjacent building, in June 2011
RMPF0X04–Image from page 291 of 'Liverpool in 1859. The port & town of Liverpool, and the harbour, docks and commerce of the Mersey ... With a plan'
RMEJNBYT–Unemployed and views of Liverpool, 30th November 1962. Docks and Harbour Board offices, the Royal Liver Building and the Cunard building seen from across the Mersey.
RM2J5YKAM–1960, historical, standing on a wet wooden quay, a young male sailor in t-shirt and cap talking to a young woman, Birkenhead Docks, Mersey, Liverpool, England, UK. The cargo ship, Seatern is moored up.
RM2J5DT7N–1961, historical, container ships docked at Birkenhead, Liverpool, including the cargo ship, SS Clan Maclaren, one of the many ships of the Clan Line, which in this era were part of British and Commonwealth Shipping Ltd, who also owned the Union-Castle Line. As cargo shipping changed into what is now container shipping, the Clan Line ceased trading in 1981. The docks at Birkenhead closed in 1993.
RM2T050T1–Arrival at Southampton Docks viewed from aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary. This photograph is from an unattributed personal album of photographs of a cruise to New York dated 29th June to 13th August 1956. Sailing from Liverpool aboard the Cunard vessel M.V. Britannic and returning from New York to Southampton aboard the Cunard vessel R.M.S. Queen Mary. Average size of the original photographs was 4x3 inches.
RMTTBA6G–1960s, historical, steamship 'Uganada' moored at a jetty in the docks in Liverpool, England, Uk.
RF2H5AMH9–Vintage stereoscopic photo dated 1903 of the passenger liner SS Corinthic in dry dock for maintenance at the city of Liverpool in England. Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast she was launched in 1902 for the British shipping companies White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. She operated as a combined cargo and passenger liner from Liverpool to New Zealand. The SS Corinthic was scrapped in 1931
RM2C7MAY8–This is the Lancaster canal around 1990 in the northwest Lancashire Town of Lancaster that served the northwest region during the Victorian era transporting goods from Lancaster and Glasson Docks north to Kendal and the railway hub of Carnforth and south to Preston to eventually link up with the trans pennine Leeds-Liverpool canal system and network to Manchester
RF2DC2NM2–Around the UK - Royal Albert Docks Liverpool, UK, captured from an adjacent building, in June 2011
RMEJNB3J–Unemployed and views of Liverpool, 30th November 1962. Docks and Harbour Board offices, the Royal Liver Building and the Cunard building seen from across the Mersey.
RMEJNBE8–Views of Liverpool, Merseyside, 13th May 1954. Docks and Harbour Board offices, the Royal Liver Building and the Cunard Building. Life in the Mirror Series.
RM2T050NT–The Cunard building in the docks at New York. This photograph is from an unattributed personal album of photographs of a cruise to New York dated 29th June to 13th August 1956. Sailing from Liverpool aboard the Cunard vessel M.V. Britannic and returning from New York to Southampton aboard the Cunard vessel R.M.S. Queen Mary. Average size of the original photographs was 4x3 inches.
RM2C7MAXX–This is the Lancaster canal around 1990 in the northwest Lancashire Town of Lancaster that served the northwest region during the Victorian era transporting goods from Lancaster and Glasson Docks north to Kendal and the railway hub of Carnforth and south to Preston to eventually link up with the trans pennine Leeds-Liverpool canal system and network to Manchester
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