Traffic Office
Albert Dock Traffic Office. Built in 1846-1847.
"Dock Office. 1846-7 by Philip Hardwick, top storey by Jesse Hartley 1848. Brick with stone dressings. 3 storeys with basement, 5 x 7 bays. Windows have gauged brick flat arches and are sashed with glazing bars. Tetrastyle Tuscan portico with frieze, entablature and pediment (a 36 ft long architrave of a single casting) all of iron with a brick tympanum. Cornice; 4 windows to attic, stone parapet, paired battered stacks have connecting arches".
Grade II listed building. List entry Number: 1356264.
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more 
