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At the time it was Liverpool's largest dock covering 26,793 square yards; it could hold, as we can see, a considerable amount of shipping.

Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.

When this picture was taken, the IOMSPCo and Midland Railway Co turbine-steamers were usually assigned to the Liverpool- Douglas and Heysham-Douglas routes.

Stone from here was used to build the docks at Liverpool, Holker Hall in Cumbria and Tatton Hall in nearby Knutsford.

The coming of the railway to Broxbourne in 1840 had further stimulated the growth of the village, and demand from London-bound commuters heading for Liverpool Street and St.

Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.

In the 1970s evidence was unearthed that as early as March 1777 the authorities in Liverpool had given orders for repairs to 'the boat, which was formerly ordered to be built and kept at Formby in readiness

In fact Brindley wanted to take it all the way to Liverpool using an aqueduct over the Runcorn Gap but could not raise the financial backing to do so.

The plinth and map were erected in honour of Andrew Blair, founder of the Liverpool and District Federation of the Ramblers Association in 1923.

Solid evidence of Victorian endeavour and values, Stephenson's great viaduct carries the Liverpool/Manchester railway over the Sankey Canal.

It was designed by Liverpool-born Alfred Waterhouse.

Rhyl Sands are famous as a great windy expanse of beach facing into Liverpool Bay. They were painted with vigour by David Cox in 1854.

At Tarleton Lock the river Douglas meets the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Harry Mayor was lock keeper here for forty-seven years.

Across the road, on the corner of Mersey Street, the Packet House Inn hints at the days when packet boats carried passengers along the Mersey to Liverpool.

These canal carriers and warehousemen offered a 'regular service between Warrington and Liverpool by fleet of new-built steel barges'.

It is thought that he named this new town to rival Brighton on the south coast, but his home in North Everton was next to Brighton le-Sands, a part of Liverpool, so maybe that is where the name came from

It was the arrival of the Leeds/Liverpool canal in 1810 that turned a hand-loom cottage industry into the giant of the Industrial Revolution.

Once a main port on this part of the coast with important connections to Liverpool, this small picturesque harbour town is an attraction for sailors of a more leisurely kind these days.

It was Liverpool's first public monument, and was designed by Matthew Cotes Wyatt. The monument has four grilles which provide air vents for what was a tobacco warehouse under it.

The Palm House is undergoing a complete restoration, and Liverpool can be glad that this great Victorian treasure has been saved to give pleasure to future generations.

As with so many other towns in the area, it was the Leeds and Liverpool canal which brought about the growth of Burnley, and there is a large piece of that canal history alive and well at the

Lying north from Liverpool were continuous golden sandy beaches.

This was a busy and important area of Liverpool for a century before our photograph. The cenotaph and the reminder of two world wars are still to come.

Rhyl Sands are famous as a great windy expanse of beach facing into Liverpool Bay.