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  Liverpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first is the Royal Liver Building, built in the early 1900s and surmounted by two bronze domes with a Liver Bird (the symbol of Liverpool) on each.
The third is the Port of Liverpool Building, the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board which regulated the city's docks.
It is situated in the building which formerly housed the Liverpool Institute for Boys and is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool   (3551 words)

  
 The Royal Liver Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Liver is pronounced with a long "i" as in the word alive, although the city is pronounced like the disgusting food.
The 18-foot tall copper birds above the clock towers are the mythical Liver Birds, symbol of the city.
Edward and the horse face the River Mersey and the floating landing stages used by the Mersey ferries.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Canal/4096/liver.html   (168 words)

  
 fairyfairygirl
The sender consisted of a mirror directing sunlight onto the mouthpiece, where the light beam was modulated by a vibrating mirror, focused by a lens and directed at the receiver, which was simply a parabolic reflector with the selenium cells in the focus and the telephone attached.
The word "liver" in the name of the bird rhymes with "survivor", rather than sounding like first two syllables of the city's name (which is pronounced as in the body organ).
Liver Building tower with Liver birdThe building - the Liver Building - is probably the most well known building in the city.
fairyfairygirl.blogdrive.com   (7720 words)

  
 liver buildings stock images / stock images of liver buildings photos search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Monument to sailors and Liver building in Liverpool ?
Statue of King Edward VII in front of the Liver Building, Liverpool.
The Liver building and the Cunard Building, Liverpool Waterfront.
www.photographersdirect.com /stockimages/liver_buildings.asp   (504 words)

  
 Royal Liver Building
The Building was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas in 1908, and was completed in 1911 it was one of the first buildings in the world to have a reinforced concrete structure.
The building is named for the Royal Liver Assurance who constructed the building to be their head office.
The building was to take only three years from start to finish, this was due entirely to the revolutionary new building technique the Hennebique technique named after its inventor.
www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk /lhol/content.aspx?itemid=30   (623 words)

  
 The Liver Building, Liverpool Merseyside and its historic past
The building is made of reinforced concrete and was the first large scale building of its type.
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.
www.birminghamuk.com /liver.htm   (237 words)

  
 Merseyside and Liverpool Architecture - Royal Liver Building
Something of a novelty when it as first built, The Liver Building was one of the first high rise buildings to be mad of reinforced concrete and steel.
The Liver Building, along with the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building make up Liverpool's Three Graces - one of the most recognisable waterfronts in the world.
The clock on the Liver building was started at 1.40pm on 22nd June, 1940 - the exact moment that King George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey
www.merseyguide.co.uk /hh_royalliverbuilding.htm   (142 words)

  
 Liver Building - Icons of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The liver birds on top of the clock towers - a cross between an eagle and a cormorant - are a symbol of the city.
Birthplace of the Beatles, City of Culture to be, the Liver Birds are the adopted emblem of Liverpool, recognisable everywhere!
The Royal Liver Building (prounced Ly-ver) is one of the city of Liverpool's most recognisable landmarks.
www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/liver-building   (516 words)

  
 Port Cities: - The Royal Liver Building
At the top of the building, sat on each of the two towers are the mythical Liver Birds, the symbol of Liverpool.
The Liver Birds are a cross between an eagle and a cormorant (the bird of good luck to sailors).
The Royal Liver Building is 90 metres (295 feet) in height and has thirteen floors.
www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1322   (252 words)

  
 Liverpool World Heritage Bid - Pier Head
The focal point of the waterfront is the trio of buildings at the Pier Head- the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.
Although there are Liver Birds on many buildings in Liverpool, it is the two which roost on top of this building that are the biggest in the city and which to many people are the very identity of Liverpool.
It is one of a number of buildings on both sides of the river constructed to serve the Mersey Road Tunnel.
www.liverpoolworldheritage.com /pierhead.asp   (2778 words)

  
 Liverpool - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Amongst its superlatives: Liverpool has the largest panel of stained glass in the world (in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral), the largest brick building in the world, and the first enclosed integrated dock system in the world.
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was founded to address some of the problems created by trade, today it continues as a post graduate school and is one of only 2 institutions on planet Earth that house the de facto standard anti-venom respository.
Liverpool once possessed a very integrated transport system, until the deregulation of bus and rail services, and only now have there been plans to build a light rail system, Merseytram, the first since the city's tram system was dismantled in the 1950s.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/i/v/Liverpool.html   (2461 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : European culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008 flag flying in front of the Port of Liverpool Building
In addition Merseytram is a planned tram system to improve transport links inside the Merseyside area, and it is hoped that this will be finished in time.
The so called Fourth Grace (the other Three Graces being the Port of Liverpool Building, the Cunard Building and the Royal Liver Building) was originally intended to form a central part of the 2008 title however plans are currently on hold.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /European_culture   (289 words)

  
 Liver Building from the Albert Dock with grey sky | Photo by Aidan O'Rourke Manchester photographer writer website ...
Liver Building from the Albert Dock with grey sky
Liver Building from the Albert Dock with grey sky
View of the Royal Liver Building as seen from the Albert Dock inside the Duckmobile amphibious vehicle.
www.aidan.co.uk /photo3226.htm   (242 words)

  
 The Liver Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The foundation stone for the Royal Liver Building was laid in 1908 and the building opened three years later.
It was constructed using a revolutionary technique where a ferro-concrete frame using a network of columns and steel beams carried the weight of the outer and inner walls and the floors.
Thanks to Cindy for getting permission for us to go to the top to take the photos.
www.liverpoolcollege.org.uk /Mosaic/theliver.htm   (115 words)

  
 Liverpool Photos
The most striking buildings on the waterfront are the three buildings known as the Three Graces, these are (from left to right) the Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building.
The Liver Buildings, 1908-1911 with the Liver Birds on the top, is one of the 3 graces.
Carl Bernard Bartels, (1866-1955) designed the Liver Birds, he was detained in the Isle of Man during WW1 for being a German national and forcibly repatriated after the war.
www.redstarline.org.uk /liverpool_mersey.html   (804 words)

  
 LIVERPOOL : the THIRD LIVER BIRD / Lyver Bird project.
The third is on Mersey Chambers by St. Nicholas' Parish Church, and is half the size.The liver Bird was created after the original Seal of the city, which was the Eagle of King John, was destroyed in a siege.
The 'Liver' in Liverpool is a corruption of the word used by the aborigines of the area, who being Ancient Britons spoke.
In the birds beak is a sprig of foliage, probably of broom, the "planta genista" of the Plantagenet royal family.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gerry.jones/lyver3hist.html   (1301 words)

  
 Liver Bird atop Liverpool Liver Building zoom view | Photo by Aidan O'Rourke Manchester photographer writer website ...
Liverpool, Liver Birds, Liver Building, architecture Liverpool, Liverpool architecture, modern architecture Liverpool, statues of birds, Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire
Close-up of one of the two Liver Birds on top of the Liver Building on the Pier Head in Liverpool.
Whenever I see the Liver Birds I always the whistling theme tune and seagulls at the beginning of the 1970's tv comedy 'The Liver Birds' written by Carla Lane, starring Polly James and Nerys Hughes.
www.aidan.co.uk /photo5473.htm   (289 words)

  
 Royal Liver Building - Visit Liverpool
Part of one of the Worlds most famous waterfronts the Royal Liver building stands with the fabled liver birds nested on top.
One of the 3 graces, The Royal Liver building is a main attraction at the pier head and can be viewed from the ferry as it crosses the Mersey.
Pier Head is located approximatly 450 metres from James Street station next to the 3 Graces on the waterfront.
www.visitliverpool.com /site/product-p18390   (129 words)

  
 Royal Liver Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This building was opened in 1911 and was designed by W.A.Thomas (c.1859-1939).
This building is one of the world's first multi-storey buildings with a reinforced concrete structure.
The two Liver Birds are 18 foot high and have a total wing span of 24 feet across.
www.liverpoolviews.co.uk /pierhead/liverbuilding.html   (100 words)

  
 Liverpool Architecture: Useful links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This site is a gateway to architecture around the world and across history and documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more.
This Website intends to catalogue as many websites as possible on the Web related to Architecture and the Building Industry, all sites are reviewed anually and given a rating for design, speed and content.
Images of England is building a digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings.
www.liverpoolarchitecture.com /links.php   (400 words)

  
 LIVERPOOL Photo Gallery by Graham Whitehead at pbase.com
This gallery is going to be an ongoing project, to document some of the more interesting buildings, and sights, in the city of Liverpool.
Featured buildings will be shown as an entirety with additional shots of the interesting details.
As the number of buildings featured increases, I will put them into individual subgalleries to make viewing simpler.
www.pbase.com /sandpiper/liverpool   (142 words)

  
 Liver Building Liverpool - European Capital of Culture 2008 - ipix 360 virtual tour
Liver Building Liverpool - European Capital of Culture 2008 - ipix 360 virtual tour
Liver Building - Liverpool European Capital of Culture
Allowing potential clients to clearly see why they are buying your products or services.
www.360spin.co.uk /virtual-liverpool/liver-building-liverpool.htm   (98 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity - Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, UK
- The Liver Building is crowned by two 5.5m (18ft) tall copper Liver Birds, the symbol of Liverpool.
Built using a composite steel and concrete structure, it was revolutionary in many ways and still remains the dominant building on Liverpool's waterfront.
- The Royal Liver Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=185464   (308 words)

  
 LIVERPOOL LYVER BIRD,Liver Bird,Liver Building,facts,pictures,projects.
To gild the lily, it could be set on a low round base, similar to the "oil-rig" platform in Church St, except that this one could be a life-wise replica of the face of a Liver Clock - the one all the councillors sat round before it was erected.
Bobby Menagh, Peter Savage and Hughie Watson were working on the Liver Building, and popped up in their lunch hour.
But since it is just to serve as a plinth, it need not be made of a ton of opal glass - any durable paving material in fl and white would serve,as it is to be set flush in the pavement for total access.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gerry.jones/lyver1.html   (2331 words)

  
 Photo gallery » Royal Liver Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Designed by W Aubrey Thomas, the Royal Liver Building was built for the Royal Liver Assurance company and opened in 1911.
On top of each clock tower sits a copper statue of a Liver bird - the symbol of Liverpool.
It is said that if the birds ever fly away, the city will cease to exist!
jonathan.rawle.org /gallery/liverpool/liver   (112 words)

  
 Stock Photos of Royal Liver Building Liverpool UK - Search Photography Pictures Images and Photo Clip Art - uni-702 ...
Stock Photos of Royal Liver Building Liverpool UK - Search Photography Pictures Images and Photo Clip Art - uni-702 uni-702.jpg
Royal Liver Building Liverpool UK uni-702 Flat Earth Royalty Free Photograph
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www.fotosearch.com /SIX013/uni-702   (201 words)

  
 Building - 369 - Royal Liver Building - Liverpool
Building - 369 - Royal Liver Building - Liverpool
United Kingdom - North West - Merseyside - Liverpool - Liverpool City Council - Royal Liver Building
* The Royal Liver Building is formerly the tallest building in Europe (excluding cathedrals and parliaments).
www.skyscrapernews.com /buildings.php?id=369   (127 words)

  
 liver building 3 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
liver building 3 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
someone take the camera of me, check out the liver bird though,
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 Port Cities: - Mersey Mission man and van in front of Liver Building
Port Cities: - Mersey Mission man and van in front of Liver Building
Mersey Mission man and van in front of Liver Building
Description: Mersey Mission man and van in front of Liver Building
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 Stock Photo of Historic Liver Building in Liverpool England
Stock Photo of Historic Liver Building in Liverpool England
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