1908 - Liver Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
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N 53° 24.335 W 002° 59.791
30U E 500231 N 5917389
At the base of the Liver Building in Liverpool is this foundation stone. This building is one the famous Three Graces on the river front.
Waymark Code: WMER6K
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/30/2012
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The Liver Building is still used for its original purpose - as home to the Royal Liver Friendly Society. It is a masterful building when viewed closely or from the ferry on the River Mersey. The following website has some good information:
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'Royal Liver Building - 1908-11.
The Royal Liver Building, overlooking the River Mersey, is probably the most famous building in Liverpool. It can be found on Water Street. This impressive building is best viewed from the Mersey Ferry.
Built as the head offices of the Royal Liver Friendly Society, which had its origins as a mid-19th century burial club, it was designed by Aubrey Thomas. It is notable as one of Britain's first multi-story reinforced concrete framed buildings. The two winged creatures, which were made by George Cowper and the Bromsgrove Guild, are visible above the cupolas and are known as "liver" birds for which Local legend says that if they fly away, Liverpool will cease to exist.
This impressive architectural masterpiece features a pair of clock towers from which shipping could tell the time as they passed en route along the river. The clock faces are actually larger than the clock face of Big Ben in London and are each twenty five feet in diameter, the largest clock dials in Britain. In 1953 electronic chimes were installed to serve as a memorial to the members of the Royal Liver Friendly Society who died during the two World Wars.
A statue of a Liver Bird spreading its wings from the top of each clock tower enhances the glory of the building and its impressive features. The Liver Bird, the official mascot of Liverpool is a cormorant (seaweed bird) which in bygone times could often be seen flying alongside the Mersey River with seaweed in their beaks.
The Royal Liver Building is still the Head Office for the Royal Liver Friendly Society.'
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