Originally Posted by
ChrisGeorge
I always thought that "Mann Island" and the "Pier Head" were one and the same but I am open to being corrected and to learn the difference.
Hi Chris, did you know that the original name of that area called Mann Island was "Nova Scotia"? This was due to the the area being used to store timber from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada. The timber was for the building of ships at the numerous shipbuilders on the Liverpool side of the Mersey. Later the land was needed for the extension of the docks and was to valuable for ship building.
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Also and later, ships were built in Canada and sailed in ballast to Liverpool and sold to the various shipping companies in Liverpool. The famouse clippership Marco Polo of the Blackball Line was one such ship.
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