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	Liverpool - LoveToKnow 1911
		The Liverpool electric overhead railway running along the line of docks from Seaforth to Dingle was opened in 1893, and in 1905 a junction was made with the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway by which through passenger traffic between Southport and the Dingle has been established.
		Liverpool University, as University College, received its charter of incorporation in 1881, and in 1884 was admitted as a college of the Victoria University.
		In regard to exports, Liverpool possesses decided advantages; lying so near the great manufacturing districts of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, this port is the natural channel of transmission for their goods, although the Manchester ship canal diverts a certain proportion of the traffic, while coal and salt are also largely exported.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Liverpool (6426 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Liverpool
		Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.
		Liverpool Tennis Development Programme based at Wavertree Tennis Centre is one of the largest in the UK Liverpool is also home to the Red Triangle Karate Club, which provided many of the 1990 squad that won the World Shotokan Championships in Sunderland.
		In 2001, Liverpool Airport, near Speke in the south of the city, was renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in honour of the late Beatle John Lennon.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Liverpool (3903 words)

	Ron's Liverpool - Railways
		The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was officially opened on the 15th of September, 1830 and was the first railway as we know them today - the world's first public railway operated by steam from the outset and the first intercity railway.
		The Liverpool Overhead Railway was opened on the 4th of February, 1893 and initially ran from Seaforth in the north to Herculaneum Dock in the south.
		The LOR was electrically operated from the start and the first electric overhead railway in the world.
	members.ispwest.com /ronsmith/liverpool/rail.htm (523 words)

	Liverpool
		With the growth of Liverpool in the late 18th and early 19th century, the development of Vauxhall as an industrial area was inevitable.
		But with the Leeds and Liverpool canal built at the end of the 18th century, the construction of new docks, and the coming of the railways, the low lying strip of land close to the river was the natural location for industry and its work-force.
		By the end of 1847 not less than 300,000 Irish had landed in Liverpool and it is estimated that 60-80,000 had located themselves in the Vauxhall area, occupying every nook and corner of already overcrowded lodging houses and forcing their way into the cellars.
	www.vauxhallsociety.org.uk /Liverpool.html (3363 words)

	Liverpool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Liverpool is situated along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, with the city centre located about 5 miles inland from the Irish Sea.
		In particular this led to strong feeling in Liverpool because it was widely reported in the media that the Liverpool fans were at fault (especially in the tabloid newspaper The Sun which led to a boycott of the paper in Liverpool).
		In 2001, Liverpool Airport, situated near Speke in the south of the city, was renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in honour of the late Beatle John Lennon.
	www.99travel.com /liverpool.shtml (2301 words)

	Liverpool Overhead Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers Umbrella) in Liverpool, England, opened on February 4, 1893.
		The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ran some of its own specially-built vehicles on the line, and these were especially heavily used during race meetings at Aintree Racecourse.
		The railway was carried mainly on iron viaducts, with a corrugated iron decking onto which the tracks were laid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool_Overhead_Railway (365 words)

	Thomas Parker
		From the dynamos the electricity generated is by means of copper conductors carried through switch arrangements into the railroad, instruments in the shed indicating the electrical pressure upon the road and passing thereto.
		Liverpool is the first city in England to build an overhead railway, and the first city in the world to adopt electricity as a means of working such a railway, and on Saturday last, the formality of opening this unique undertaking was performed by the Marquis of Salisbury.
		The railway company were obviously delighted with the E.C.C.'s contribution to the railway, as can be seen from the following letter, in which the company is relieved of its obligation to oversee the running of the line.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /genealogy/Parker/OverheadRailway.htm (2421 words)

	Timbo's Liverpool - Liverpool Overhead Railway
		The railway was formally opened by British Prime Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury on Saturday 4 February 1893.
		The railway was unable to continue without the essential repairs and after 63 years in operation, the Railway was closed down on 30th December 1956.
		By January 1959 the Liverpool Overhead Railway had disappeared forever and with it another Liverpool institution was lost forever.
	www.timbosliverpool.co.uk /lor (390 words)

	Liverpool, United Kingdom
		Liverpool was also home to a large Welsh population and was sometimes referred to as the Capital of North Wales.
		Historically Liverpool was part of the traditional county of Lancashire, Liverpool had become independent of Lancashire in 1888 when it became a county borough.
		Liverpool John Moores University is one of the polytechnics given university status in 1992 and is named after the owner of the Littlewoods retail group.
	www.creekin.net /c69-n193-liverpool-united-kingdom.html (2602 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Liverpool Overhead Railway
		The land for the Railway was to be leased from the MDHB, but the Railway Company had the powers for compulsory purchase, so in effect the MDHB had found itself a nice way to pick up cheap land.
		The LOR was the first electric elevated rail system in the world, and one of the first rail systems anywhere with automatic signalling.
		The railway was finished in January 1893 and was opened by Lord Salisbury, the Prime Minister on 4 February 1893.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A12326924 (2598 words)

	Railways of Britain2
		The town of Brentford is and was already served by the London and South Western Railway on their line to Hounslow from Waterloo in the east and Richmond in the west and forms part of the Hounslow loop.
		When the A4 was built a girder bridge was constructed to carry the railway over, but the line from Brentford New yard, approximately behind pc world and where a large Peugeot retailer is now, to the docks was closed in 1964 after the docks and transfer of goods at the docks became un-economical.
		These are bridges carrying the road, at the top, then the canal in the middle and the railway in a cutting beneath the two.
	groups.msn.com /RailwaysofBritain2/thegwrbrentforddocksbranch.msnw (441 words)

	Overhead Railway
		The Liverpool Overhead Railway, known affectionately as the "Dockers Umbrella" was built to ease the congestion on the dock road, which by the last quarter of the 19th century had become so cluttered that it was almost impossible to transport goods and men between the different docks.
		The railway was completed in January 1893, and was officially opened by the Marquis of Salisbury on 4th February 1893.
		After the war the LOR started a modernisation programme, however it was estimated that it would cost in the region of £2,000,000, and the programme was halted.
	www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk /lhol/content.aspx?itemid=51 (496 words)

	HISTORY OF LIVERPOOL LINKS
		The Port of Liverpool: An interesting look at the history of Liverpool's port, which is important to the growth of the city and region.
		Liverpool Airport: A good history of Liverpool airport's past, but it needs to be updated to include the good news of the airport's growth in recent years.
		Liverpool Jewish Genealogy Service: More than a million Jews passed through Liverpool on their way to the USA in the period 1880 to 1920, and many Jews where born, died and married here.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/park/346/historylinks.html (1460 words)

	Suburban Electric Railway Association - LOR Trailer Car No. 7
		When the Liverpool Overhead Railway closed for good in December 1956 the unique structure and all but two of it's carriages were broken up for scrap.
		The LOR coach will be restored alongside the 503 carriages which together will provide a fine example of the tradition and triumph of Merseyside's suburban electric railways.
		LOR Car 7 in the sunshine shortly after it's arrival at Coventry from Southport in August of 1998.
	www.emus.co.uk /lor.htm (346 words)

	VE Day 60 Years: Liverpool Plays Its Part As A Crucial Port - Liverpool City Guide local history
		Docks, warehouses, railways and factories were the main targets, but the whole of Merseyside suffered with the loss of 10,000 homes and 4,000 lives over the course of the war.
		Liverpool ship-owners lost 3 million tons of shipping and it took years before the city was rebuilt.
		If you have memories of Liverpool during wartime and would like to contribute or comment on this trail, try Storymaker our free and easy-to-use web facility that enables members of the public, working with the support of journalists at the 24 Hour Museum, to get their stories online.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /liverpool/local/TRA28260.html (1716 words)

	Liverpool
		Liverpool has two cathedrals - a Protestant one designed by a Catholic, and a Catholic one designed by a Protestant.
		Liverpool 47, Socialism on Trial Liverpool's Socialist councillors, the Liverpool 47, recount Merseyside's battle against Thatcher in 1983 - 1987.
		Liverpool Overhead Railway First elevated railway in Europe (apparently), but demolished in 1956.
	bdaugherty.tripod.com /liverpool.html (2140 words)

	Port Cities: - The Dockers Umbrella
		The railway had its origins in the rapid growth of Liverpool's docks in the early 19th century.
		Under the terms of the 1887 Act the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company would rent the land from the MDHB in return for a percentage of the profits.
		The compulsory purchasing powers given to the railway company by Parliament gave it considerable weight and the MDHB saw this as a chance to buy land for its own improvements at a better rate than the market value would otherwise allow.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.17 (444 words)

	Railways of Britain - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
		The Railway was well used but with increasing competition from Trams, cars and buses, it was wound up and closed in 1957 being demolished by 1958.
		One of the earliest ideas put forward was for a freight railway to run over the street with warehouses situated below, but as the resident engineer of the time wanted to expand the docks and the railway would have made it more expensive he refused the idea.
		Maintenance of the railway was more costly than that of a conventional railway due to the maintenance of the supports and all other accessories required.
	railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com /LOR.html (1042 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > UK > England > LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When Liverpool was at its height as a shipping port the docks were chronically congested and by the turn of the twentieth century a solution had to be found.
		The LOR would be electrified from the onset, making it the first electrified elevated metro (ahead of Chicago) and it would also feature a pioneering automatic signalling system.
		The LOR opened in 1893 making it the world's fourth oldest metro behind London's Underground, New York's El and Chicago's L. This system served primarily the dock estate and only ventured away from the docks at its two extremities.
	www.urbanrail.net /eu/liv/liverpool_lor.html (697 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > UK > England > LIVERPOOL MERSEYRAIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Liverpool is currently served by a metro-like system, Merseyrail, which is a service similar to the S-Bahn systems in many German cities or Australia's Sydney and Melbourne rail systems.
		This railway was originally steamed powered, but the underwater tunnel became filled with smoke leading to a most unpleasant ride.
		Apart from the Mersey Railway the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was also electrifying its suburban routes to the north of Liverpool.
	www.urbanrail.net /eu/liv/liverpool_merseyrail.html (1020 words)

	Upgraded Bus-rail Interchange and Liverpool Railway Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Liverpool railway station received a major $25m upgrade and was officially opened in 2000.
		The upgrade included a new overhead railway concourse, refurbished platforms, easy access lifts, security systems and improved bus facilities.
		Liverpool station currently receives in excess of 22,000 passengers daily, making it one of the busiest stations in metropolitan Sydney.
	www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au /scripts/viewarticle.asp?NID=11075 (66 words)

	liverpool
		Within a stone's throw of each other are the Liverpool Maritime Museum, the Tate Gallery, and the Museum of Liverpool Life.
		The Central Library houses Liverpool Record Office, and next door is the Walker Art Gallery and St George's Hall.
		Indeed Liverpool has the greatest concentration of Grade I and II listed buildings and public sculpture outside London and boasts nine world class museums and galleries.
	www.harvey27.demon.co.uk /imcos/liverpool.htm (669 words)

	FAMOUS LIVERPOOL PLACES
		It is hard to imagine that this stretch of roadway once comfortably fitted in the Overhead Railway and the Goree Piazzas with roads on either side.
		The Overhead Railway finally closed in 1956, to the disbelief of the Liverpool public.
		Liverpool is the largest Catholic Diocese in the British Islands.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/park/346/historicplaces.html (574 words)

	Liverpool electric railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There is no subway in Liverpool, though a 3 line LRT, "Merseytram", was approved in December, 2002.
		There used to be an el (the Liverpool Overhead Railway) which included a subway at it's downtown terminus but that was, sadly, abandoned in 1956.
		There is a 5.8 mile Merseyside subway tunnel through which a 49 station, 51.5 mile commuter train network is run and is sometimes classified as a subway.
	www.subways.net /uk/liverpool.htm (126 words)

	The Liverpool 800 Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Entitled Liverpool: City of Change and Challenge, the research team hope to collect and record as many memoirs and recollections from local people as possible to gain further insights into the economic, social, cultural and political situation of the post-war City.
		Ultimately, these will be used not only to assist in the writing of the City's recent past but, in conjunction with the Liverpool Record Office,also become part of an oral history archive that future researchers and historians can tap into.
		If you would like to be interviewed about your recollections of post-war Liverpool - its housing, transport, local characters, politics, jobs, factories, docks, pubs, clubs and theatres - no matter how big or small a contribution you feel you might make, we would like to hear from you.
	pcwww.liv.ac.uk /~liv800/memoirs.htm (226 words)

	The Liverpool Overhead Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The LiverpoolOverhead Railway ran the whole length of the dock area of Liverpool.
		It owed a lot to the New York "Elevated", but it was designed from the start as an electric line, using conductor rails for power and having light-weight cars.
		There's a history of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, with other pictures, at The Liverpool Overhead Railway.
	dewi.ca /trains/l_o_r (204 words)

	Liverpool Railway Revolution - SkyscraperCity
		Although no fan of cycle paths on railway lines (I would much rather see them as railway lines), they do prevent railway lines being built over thus giving us the oppertunity to restore them back to what they were intended for.
		It would be pretty cool to see the OH railway reopen, but I have a feeling it would totally ruin the pedestrian atmosphere at Pier Head.
		In the central areas the stations would be built to appear to be reconstructions of old LOR stations, thus spoiling any insane grumblings EH types might wish to indulge in.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=336113 (2263 words)

	Port Cities: - Liverpool Overhead Railway
		The overhead railway in Liverpool, or the 'dockers umbrella', as it was known, gave passengers good views out onto the River Mersey as it followed the coast from Dingle to the south of Liverpool to the northern docks in the city.
		The Liverpool Overhead Railway station on the left of this photograph has a sign advertising tickets for Southport.
		Artistic view or representation of the overhead railway and the docks.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConGallery.21 (167 words)

	Liverpool Pictures and Prints: Historical and modern photographs and prints of Liverpool
		We have photographic views of Modern Liverpool and a fascinating collection of fl and white photographic prints of Old Liverpool.
		Liverpool with its magnificent waterfront and stunning architecture has always been an inspiration to artists.
		We also stock images of Liverpool and Everton football clubs and the legendary Bill Shankly.
	www.liverpoolpictures.co.uk (244 words)

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