Albert Dock Area

[marky]

HMS Bangor was outside the Maritime Museum today, if anyone wants to get pics of her.
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2059

[lindylou]

Oct 07.

[A.D.W]

Oct 07.

Fine pictures, LindyLou. I was down there today and find it a great shame they have knocked all that history down.

[Ged]

Danesis posted a couple of Albert Dock pics up on another site - pre-renovation. Here's a couple of 'now' views from almost the same place. I'll email them to him too.















Note how the far corner of the Atlantic Pavillion has been rebuilt, almost seemlessly.

[Waterways]

I used to play in all that as a kid. The police and watchmen were forever chasing us out.

[lindylou]

It would have been an exciting place for kids to play

[Waterways]

It would have been an exciting place for kids to play

All of L8 was. I used to play in the basement of the old customs house too. Countless half demolished buildings were around. I fell though the floors of one when I was 9 spending a week in hospital.

[Waterways]

The Albert Dock warehouses were used, although the dock was not. It was difficult to erect roof top cranes as the warehouses were too close to the quays. The warehouses were designed to take cargo directly from the holds of sailing ships. When steam ships came about the dock and its quays were pretty well redundant as steam ships required the warehouses to be further back from the quays.

Cargo in sailing ships was in smaller containers: barrels, sacks, etc. Bulk cargoes were pretty well unknown in ocean going sailing vessels. Bulk cargo was scorned upon as it could shift capsizing the ship.

[ChrisGeorge]

Danesis posted a couple of Albert Dock pics up on another site - pre-renovation. Here's a couple of 'now' views from almost the same place. I'll email them to him too.

Note how the far corner of the Atlantic Pavillion has been rebuilt, almost seemlessly.

Hi Ged

Good to see these photos of the dock before it became gentrified.

Chris

[Chris48]

Picture of the Albert Dock circa 1910 from my FLICKR page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackama...7603679091685/

[Kev]

NEW signs and directions aim to help visitors to Albert Dock navigate their way around the tourist spots more easily. Read

I was down there yesterday, it was quite busy. It is surrounded my multimillion pound developments so it should all come together nicely with the Albert Dock in the middle of it all!

[marky]

HMCC Sentinel

[marky]

'Liverpool' ship. Taken fron the window on the 4th floor of the Maritime Museum. The best location for Mann Island/New Museum pics...if the windows are clean.

[SteH]

The Albert Dock has welcomed an extra 100,000 visitors a week since Liverpool One opened.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...4375-21072572/

[Kev]

The Albert Dock has welcomed an extra 100,000 visitors a week since Liverpool One opened.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...4375-21072572/

Excellent news