Church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas – Liverpool, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 24.429 W 002° 59.707
30U E 500324 N 5917564
This tower was built in 1815 replaced an earlier one from 1636.
Waymark Code: WMC7ZM
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/06/2011
Views: 8
The church is near the River Mersey and the port of Liverpool. It was always a useful landmark for shipping and in 1746 a wooden tower was added as a further aid to navigation. Then in 1775 it was decided to extend the main body of the church. Whilst this work was carried out the tower was left standing, a decision which weakened the tower.
In 1810 the weakened tower collapsed during a service killing 25 people. The current tower was rebuilt in 1815 and survived bombing in air raids during World War II, even though the main body of the church was destroyed.
The tower has a mixture of white faced and black faced clocks.
Status: Working
Display: Mounted
Year built: Not listed
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of clock.