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
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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
Oct 07.
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.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5...rtdock8iv3.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5...nowdanehy6.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6...rtdock1bq3.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1...nowdaneob7.jpg
Note how the far corner of the Atlantic Pavillion has been rebuilt, almost seemlessly.
I used to play in all that as a kid. The police and watchmen were forever chasing us out.
It would have been an exciting place for kids to play :)
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.
Picture of the Albert Dock circa 1910 from my FLICKR page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackama...7603679091685/
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!
HMCC Sentinel
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...l/Sentinel.jpg
'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.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e..._Liverpool.jpg
The Albert Dock has welcomed an extra 100,000 visitors a week since Liverpool One opened.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...4375-21072572/