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2024-03-28T08:52:26+00:00text/html2024-03-15T13:45:35+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.402313 -2.994608SJ3389 : De Wadden, Canning Dock, Liverpool
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The vessel is presently being scrapped after no buyers were presented to National Museums Liverpool.
Viewed from the external steps of the Museum of Liverpool.text/html2024-01-23T18:29:50+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.404952 -2.968797SJ3590 : Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Detail of the Organ
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The J. W. Walker pipe organ was rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison at the end of 2022, after a comprehensive restoration. It has been in use for services since then, but has not had an official opening yet. It is said to be planned for Spring 2024.
This view was taken from the South entrance, directly opposite the organ, on a particularly sunny day. The time of day was such that the organ facade was floodlit with light, brutally revealling the entire contents of the chamber which is usually hidden from view in the shadows. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the edge of the Baldacchino, over the altar.
Not only are the famous Orchestral Trumpets visible, but also their support racking and windchest units behind. Most of the other visible pipes on the case belong to the Pedal division, with many more pedal pipes at the extreme rear of the chamber. An expression chamber, most likely serving the Swell division, can be seen on the right side towards the back; there is another expression chamber for the Solo division somewhere else. Some of the pipes of the Positive division can be seen at the bottom of the case, just in front of the bases of the large central pipes. Behind them seems to be the Great division and some of its reeds are visible.text/html2024-01-23T16:58:11+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.402401 -2.994911SJ3389 : De Wadden in the Canning Graving Dock, Liverpool
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Also visible in the background is MV Edmund Gardner.
Not known at the time of photographing but only upon submission of this photograph, is that De Wadden is to be destroyed imminently. It has been stated that the disposal is required to be completed by the end of March. National Museums Liverpool have done everything they can to record and survey every detail of the vessel; presumably some of this will eventually become visible at the Museum of Liverpool.text/html2024-01-23T16:42:23+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.411868 -3.002203SJ3391 : Isle of Man Ferry Terminal, Liverpool
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This new ferry terminal, located just off Prince's Half-Tide Dock, has been under construction for many years. Like many recent civil engineering projects, it has not gone all that well... But now, it is expected to open in Summer 2024 - 3 years late.text/html2024-01-23T16:35:01+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.404360 -2.997063SJ3390 : Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal Building
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Always a bizarre and controversial building, but certainly a noteworthy grandstand for watching marine activity on the River Mersey. Inside seems to contain various Beatles-related tourist traps.text/html2024-01-23T16:28:51+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.402490 -2.994913SJ3389 : Museum of Liverpool - South Ramp
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The accessibility ramps, usually a clumsy and overbearing entity for such a substantial level change, as necessitated by Building Regulations, are in this case dramatically piled up against the views of Mann Island and The Strand. text/html2024-01-23T16:19:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.403392 -2.994633SJ3390 : Port of Liverpool building; Mann Island; bin bags and duct tape
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The Port of Liverpool Building, partly obscured by one of three Mann Island Buildings. Evidently parts of the buildings' Black Granite facade have failed, so numerous rather unsightly repairs are evident across the buildings. Elsewhere, the damaged granite has been replaced with panels of black-painted chipboard.text/html2024-01-23T16:10:44+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.402592 -2.993562SJ3489 : MV Edmund Gardner in the Canning Graving Dock
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Showing the Great Western Railway Warehouse and Mann Island in the background.text/html2024-01-23T16:06:15+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.409322 -2.984091SJ3490 : Queensway Tunnel (Liverpool Portal)
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The statue of Queen Mary looks over the road traffic passing in and out of the Queensway Tunnel. The present-day arrangement of the raised embankments is such that much suspicious shifting around against parked vehicles is required in order to obtain such a view as this; the embankment land now being used as a surface-level car park.text/html2024-01-23T16:01:24+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.407090 -2.993065SJ3490 : Rumford Street, Liverpool
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Showing two distinctive buildings: 8 Water Street (left) and the Unity Commercial Building (background).text/html2023-12-27T23:33:12+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills52.746571 -1.473029SK3516 : W. Taylor Butchers, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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The local butchers shop on Market Street. Naturally business has been very healthy over the days approaching Christmas.
Camera: Olympus Mju ii
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A contemporary office building off Resolution Road, now closed and intended for demolition. Planning for demolition and replacement with a Lidl supermarket is still under determination.
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Film: Kentmere 400text/html2023-12-27T23:16:33+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills52.750487 -1.464389SK3617 : A Christmas quagmire at Money Hill, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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The public footpath running along the Southern edge of the Money Hill development plot, parallel with Nottingham Road, is reopened for public access. Distant evidence of construction is visible, with the foreground areas at the "messy groundworks" phase. The footpath is now very indistinct and waterlogged, but certainly on the foreground side of the fence.
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Film: Kentmere 400text/html2023-11-13T22:35:18+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.441724 -3.042651SJ3094 : Ian Fraser Walk, New Brighton
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The promenade passing along the edge of the Marine Lake, towards Fort Perch Rock. The strength of the reflections in the water was not the result of image manipulation; the reflections were true on this day, it should be emphasised.text/html2023-11-13T22:27:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/119165Oliver Mills53.441722 -3.042952SJ3094 : Marine Lake and Coastal Defences, New Brighton
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Looking across the Marine Lake from the South-East corner, showing the coastal defences dividing the lake from the sea itself. The promenade along the defences is known as the Ian Fraser Walk. The wind farm in the distance is Burbo Bank; looking slightly further to the left than this view will reveal, much further in the distance, the Gwynt y Môr and North Hoyle windfarms.