George’s Dock Ventilation shaft report, Liverpool 12/07- ARCHIVED

[4737carlin]

Ok nice and easy one this one, i was after a few shots of some of the wonderful buildings down near the Pier Head in Liverpool, the Three Graces as known locally and no better place to grab a few shots and some of The Strand than the Ventilation Shaft from the Mersey Tunnel. Those of you who he did the tour of the tunnel ventilation system will know this building from the inside, these are the views you can get from the outside.

This great image shows what the location is all about, ill just paste the URL in

http://www.parascience.org.uk/investigations/laird/Tunnel.jpg

What amazing me is the amount of listed buildings in these shots, so i thought id make it interesting and to try and list as many as i can but I'm sure ill miss some, Outside of London Liverpool has the most listed buildings in the UK, the money they made from the slave trade was put to good use!

The building itself, II George’s Dock Way L2 George’s Dock Ventilation & Central Station of the MerseyRoad Tunnel

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0943a.jpg

Great stone work

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0942a.jpg

Should have got a bit lower for this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0920a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0925a.jpg

II* Georges Pier Head L3 Port of Liverpool Building & stone balustrade

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0939a.jpg

II* Georges Pier Head L3 Cunard Building, in the foreground and beyond that
Grade I Georges Pier Head L3 Royal Liver Building

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0931a.jpg

Looking south down Strand St, on the corner on the left hand side is the White Star building on James St which im sure is listed but i can find it in my listed of listed buildings

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0919a.jpg

Looking north again on the right across from the Liver Buildings is
II* Water Street (north side) L2 No. 22 (Tower Buildings, Liverpool)
and behind that you can see the tower from, although its very small see
II Chapel Street L2 Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0928a.jpg


And of course Albert dock most of which is listed including in the foreground i figured must be this one:
II Albert Dock L3 Hydraulic Pumping Station to East of Canning Half-Tide Dock

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/Ventilationshaft/640IMG_0916a.jpg