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Port of Liverpool

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The Port of Liverpool is the enclosed dock system that runs from Brunswick Dock in Liverpool to Seaforth Dock, Seaforth, on the east side of the River Mersey and the Birkenhead Docks between Birkenhead and Wallasey on the west side of the river. [1]

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Architecture of Liverpool

The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

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Birkenhead Dock Branch

Birkenhead Dock Branch is a disused railway line running from the South junction of Rock Ferry, to the site of the former Bidston Dock on the Wirral Peninsula, England.

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Branch dock

A branch dock is a dock that forms part of a large harbour system of interlinked docks.

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British Waterways

British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom.

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Brunswick Dock

Brunswick Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.

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Canada Dock Branch

The Canada Dock Branch is a 4-mile 59 chain (7.62 kilometre) long railway line in Liverpool, England.

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Canadian Pacific Limited

Canadian Pacific Limited was created in 1971 to own properties formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), a transportation and mining giant in Canada.

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Caribbean Princess

MS Caribbean Princess is a modified Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet until June 2013 when the new ''Royal Princess'', another Princess ship superseded its record.

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Cereal

A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

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Containerization

Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers).

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CP Ships

CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century.

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Creetown

Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, which forms part of Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland.

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Cunard Line

Cunard Line is a British-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Dock (maritime)

A dock (from Dutch dok) is the area of water between or next to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore) or such structures themselves.

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Gladstone Dock

Gladstone Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Grand Princess

Grand Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises.

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Great Float

The Great Float is a body of water on the Wirral Peninsula, England, formed from the natural tidal inlet, the Wallasey Pool.

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Harrington Dock

Harrington Dock was a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Herculaneum Dock

Herculaneum Dock was part of the Port of Liverpool in Liverpool, England.

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

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HMHS Britannic

Britannic was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's of steamships; and the second to bear the name "Britannic." She was the fleet mate of both the and the and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner.

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HMS Ark Royal (R07)

HMS Ark Royal was a light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Illustrious (R06)

HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Hornby Dock

Hornby Dock was a dock located on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Hydraulic power network

A hydraulic power network is a system of interconnected pipes carrying pressurized liquid used to transmit mechanical power from a power source, like a pump, to hydraulic equipment like lifts or motors.

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Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Limited (abbreviated to IoMSPCo.) (Sheshaght Phaggad Bree Ellan Vannin) is the oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company in the world, celebrating its 180th anniversary in 2010.

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Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek (9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer of the early 20th century.

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King's Dock, Port of Liverpool

King's Dock was a dock on the River Mersey in England and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Langton Dock

Langton Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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List of Liverpool Docks

Table of docks (past and present) in the Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Liverpool City Council

Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England.

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Liverpool Cruise Terminal

The Liverpool Cruise Terminal is a 350-metre-long (1,150 ft) floating structure situated on the River Mersey enabling large cruise ships to visit without entering the enclosed dock system or berthing mid-river and tendering passengers ashore.

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Liverpool James Street railway station

Liverpool James Street railway station (commonly shortened to James Street station) is a railway station located in the centre of Liverpool, England, situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.

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Liverpool One

Liverpool ONE is a shopping, residential and leisure complex in Liverpool, England.

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Liverpool Overhead Railway

The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella) was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units.

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Liverpool Riverside railway station

Liverpool Riverside was a railway station owned by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and located at Liverpool's Pier Head ocean liner terminal.

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Liverpool2

Liverpool2 is a container terminal extension adjoining the River Mersey in Seaforth, Merseyside.

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Lumber

Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

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Mersey Docks and Harbour Company

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB), owns and administers the dock facilities of the Port of Liverpool, on the River Mersey, England.

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Merseyrail

Merseyrail is both a train operating company (TOC) and a commuter rail network in and around Liverpool City Region, England.

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Moorfields railway station

Moorfields station is an underground railway station in the city centre of Liverpool, England.

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MV Derbyshire

MV Derbyshire was an ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built in 1976 by Swan Hunter, as the last in the series of the ''Bridge''-class sextet.

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Old Dock

The Old Dock, originally known as Thomas Steers' dock, was the world's first commercial wet dock.

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Panamax

Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal.

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Park Lane railway goods station

Park Lane was the world's first goods terminus on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway serving the south end Liverpool Docks.

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Passenger

A passenger (also abbreviated as pax) is a person who travels in a vehicle but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle.

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Petroleum

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.

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Pier Head

The Pier Head (properly, George's Pier Head) is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England.

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Port of Garston

The Port of Garston, also known as Garston Docks is a group of docks on the River Mersey at Garston, Liverpool, England.

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Port of Liverpool Building

The Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England.

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Port of Southampton

The Port of Southampton is a passenger and cargo port in the central part of the south coast of England.

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Queen Elizabeth 2

The Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as QE2, is a floating hotel and retired ocean liner built for the Cunard Line which was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.

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RMS Baltic (1903)

RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1933.

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RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship.

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RMS Queen Mary 2

RMS Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a transatlantic ocean liner.

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RMS Tayleur

RMS Tayleur was a full rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sandon Dock

Sandon Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Seaforth Dock

Seaforth Dock (also known as the Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool.

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Seaforth, Merseyside

Seaforth is a district in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.

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Tonne

The tonne (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms;.

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Toxteth Dock

Toxteth Dock was a dock on the River Mersey that was part of the Port of Liverpool.

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Wallasey

Wallasey is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula.

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Wapping Tunnel

Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel in Liverpool, England, was designed by George Stephenson and was constructed between 1826 and 1829 to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester, as part of the planned Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Wellington Dock

Wellington Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool.

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White Star Line

The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Liverpool

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