Liverpool Picturebook

Originally Posted by Bob Edwards

Alfred Holt


ALFRED HOLT, born on the 13th June, 1829, was the third son of Mr. George Holt, of Liverpool.


After being privately educated he was apprenticed in 1846 to the late Mr. Edward Woods, Past- President, under whom he gained a varied and extensive experience of railway surveying and construction and locomotive building.

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Originally Posted by Bob Edwards

The Lamport and Holt Line was founded in 1845 by W.L. Lamport from Workington and George Holt (brother of Alfred Holt of the Blue Funnel Line). This partnership owned wooden sailing vessels trading with North and South America, South Africa and India. After some tentative involvement with steamers with James Moss & Co., and Papayanni Brothers in the Mediterranean,

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Originally Posted by BobEd

The completion of the Liverpool dock network in the 1880's saw significant traffic growth along the Dock Road, where omnibuses, trains, carts, horse drawn carriages, drays and pedestrians congested the roads along with the numerous goods only railway crossings which connected the goods stations and docks. The extent of the congestion meant that a mass transit solution was needed to alleviate the problem. As far back as 1853, plans had been proposed for a high level railway in the area, but were

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