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Titanic Hotel, North Warehouse and Rum Warehouse. Designed by Jesse Hartley, it opened on 4 August 1848. [5] [6] [7] The dock is the only one in Liverpool which was built inland, all the others being built out from the foreshore. [8] The original quay warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II* listed buildings.
The three buildings are to the south of the Mann Island roadway, opposite the Port of Liverpool Building, and are numbered (from east to west) No.1, No.11 and No.15 Mann Island. No.15, next to the Museum of Liverpool, is called the Latitude building and No.11 is the Longitude building.
Scotland Road was at the centre of working-class life for the people of the surrounding Everton and Vauxhall areas near the north Liverpool docks and the city centre. The population in the Victorian era was swelled by the arrival of thousands of Irish immigrants, many of whom had fled Ireland's Great Famine .
Focusing on Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 and the British ship Lusitania which sank after being attacked by a German U-boat during World War I on 7 May 1915. [4] A detailed description of the ship is provided. White Star Line which owned the Titanic was in Liverpool, so Titanic carried "Liverpool" on her stern. In 2012, Rarely-seen items ...
In 1914 the Cunard Steamship Company commissioned the construction of new headquarters for their company. Cunard's expansion meant that they had outgrown their previous offices, which were also in Liverpool, [1] and the site chosen for construction was at the former George's Dock, in between the Royal Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building. [2]
Liverpool also has a Hindu community, with a Mandir on Edge Lane, Edge Hill. The Shri Radha Krishna Temple from the Hindu Cultural Organisation in Liverpool is located there. [250] Liverpool also has the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Wavertree [251] and a BaháΚΌí Centre in the same area. [252]
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The memorial was intended originally to commemorate all 32 engineers who died in the sinking of Titanic on 15 April 1912. [1] Liverpool was the Titanic port of registry, as well as the home of the ship's owner, White Star Line. Construction was funded by international public subscription. [2]