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Waterways
The shipyard looks like in front of Brunswick Dock, where boats are repaired to this day. The ships mast to the right look like Toxteth Dock with Harrington Dock would be where the Pottery is.
I've managed to do a bit of research on the painting since posting. It was originally featured in the "Lancashire Illustrated", by S. Austin & William Henry Pyne. The painting is called "Liverpool from the Mersey No.IV" There's a Google Books version of the Lancashire Illustrated, here. And there's a description of the scene featured on the painting on page 36.
Brief extract here:
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'The ship-building yards which are exhibited in this plate, are situated between the river and the Salthouse Dock...'
'The large warehouse, which occupies the centre of the plate, belongs to the estate of the late Duke of Bridgewater, who caused this building to be errected...'
"The view is terminated by the Herculaneum Pottery, which competes with the great manufacturies of Staffordshire..."
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Source: Lancashire Illustrated, Series of Views: from original drawings By S. Austin & William Henry Pyne
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