I did hear somewhere that the '911' building was a vent. I think it was in the Echo. Anyway, there is a similar one in Upper Mann Street and I've definitely heard trains pass at this point. Click on satellite, for a better view.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.007296&z=17
Re: Grenville Street: I checked today and the Star Wars mural is still there, but I don't know if it can be accessed. It's the only side not shown on the pics of that vent, earlier in this thread. One would need a wide-angle lens to capture it properly.
Crown Street in the park
now this one is on the 1905 OS map as an 'air shaft'
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Yes, the '9/11' is definitely a railway vent, as is the other one, on the next corner in Great George Street.
They're shown on the 1906 OS map as walls without a roof, which is what they are.
In fact, as well as the rebuilt Wapping vent, they're the only Victorian structures to survive in Great George Street, apart from the Blackie.
Last edited by PhilipG; 03-09-2008 at 06:05 PM.
Not many people know this but the small steel vents were once for the sewer systems and there are still quite a few dotted around. One on Edge Lane by Wavertree Park and one by Broadgreen Hospital springs to mind, the latter was in the Echo as it was going to be taken down to be refurbished.
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I'd assumed it was when they were built that determined if they were square or circular, so that's interesting. would they have been for different railway companies?
as for the Myrtle/Chatham one, there's nothing obvious on the aerial map. lots of trees about so that could be covering it.
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There are quite a few of those sewer vent pipes along the Dock Rd,and a couple in Botanic Park.
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I think this is one at the rear of the 'Blackie'. There was an old mural on the side to right, but I couldn't get to it because of apartments being built. This was re-painted this week and a new mural installed titled 'Liverpool'. I think it depicts imigration into Liverpool, from what I can tell. A vent at the other end of Gt. George Street has been demolished.
here's the new mural and v nice it is too
and the one part way down Gt George St both taken on Saturday
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