Built in 1911 and located at Pier Head this building was the first large scale building to be made largely of concrete. The clock faces added to the building to tell the time to passing vessels en-route along the River Mersey are the largest clock faces in Britain.

The building is endowed with its world famous pair of cormorants, colloquially known as the Liver Birds, which have become the official mascot of Liverpool.

This building was built after the abolition of the slave trade, but much of Liverpool’s wealth and prosperity was due to it’s port and international trade of a variety of goods, including slaves. This image tries to portray a slightly more sinister side to one of Liverpool’s most famous and recognisable land marks.

Ref: LIV003

Date: 22 September 2007

Location: Liverpool

Photographer: © Simon Sait

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