Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 2021
Date 10-Sep
Volume 227
Issue 4,673
Page 369
Category An Engineer's Day Out
Part
Title Liverpool Waterfront and the Merseyside Maritime Museum
Author Roger Backhouse
Notes Takes a nostalgia (nostalgic?) trip to a much changed city. Former docks overshadowed by the Anglican Cathedral, Commander Barker's indirect acting side lever ship's engine, port development and Maritime Museum, triple expansion engine by Commander Barker, railways and the Museum of Liverpool. The pumphouse, hydraulic 'jiggers', Thorneycroft steam bus, Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Lion of 1838, Titfield Thunderbolt, Mersey Railway condensing locomotive Cecil Raikes, Liverpool Overhead Railway car, colour light signal, AER 250cc motorcycle, Albert E.Reynolds, automotive engineering, Vulcan car, Meccano, Ford Anglia, Halewood, St. George's Church Everton (Photo courtesy of the Rev. Adam Maynard), St. George's Hall, Lime Street station, Mersey Ferry, Royal Liver building, Liver Birds, buildings and civil engineering, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Sir Edward Lutyens, Roman Catholic Cathedral