Liverpool - St George's Basin - Old Engraving



Liverpool - St George's Basin, 1841

This engraving captures how the Pier Head in Liverpool orginally looked when it was St. George's Basin.

The ships masts in the distance are docked in Prince's Dock.  Off picture to the right would be George's Dock.   The basin and George's Dock were drained in 1899 and the Three Graces of Liverpool's Pier Head began to appear starting in 1903.  The Church depicted is St. Nicholas which still stands, but is obscured from view by modern buildings.

 Standing at this spot today you would be looking at the Pier Head with the Ferry Building on your left and the Liverpool Museum and the Royal Liver Building hiding St. Nicholas Church.

From a Steel Engraving By W.H. Barflett & J.C. Armytage

Published by Geo Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1841

You can explore this area in detail on our FREE tour of the Pier Head on www.obelisktours.com

Tour description:  

"This FREE tour of Liverpool’s Pier Head unveils how this huge port became the world’s busiest trade centre and “one of the nineteenth century’s greatest success stories.”  As we wander around the Pier Head we will discover the history behind this area and its buildings as well as finding horses and kings, museums and memorials, a church and a vanished dock, a canal system and a tunnel."