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Wirral Transport Museum is a museum situated approximately 0.5 miles (800 m) from the Mersey Ferry service at Woodside, Birkenhead, England. A vintage tram service links the museum and the ferry at certain times. Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles ...
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Massachusetts is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Massachusetts [1] [2] [3] Name Image
The collection was brought to Birkenhead in 2002 and was moored in the West Float of the Birkenhead docks complex. The fleet consisted of the frigate HMS Plymouth and the submarine HMS Onyx , both from the Falklands War ; the minehunter HMS Bronington ; the German submarine U-534 ; and LCT 7074 , the last surviving tank landing craft that took ...
The ferry is the regular boat used on the Manchester Ship Canal cruises, held over most weekends during the summer months. MV Snowdrop in dazzle livery, in May 2015, departing from Seacombe In January 2015, the ferry was selected as a " dazzle ship "; she was given a unique new livery inspired by the First World War dazzle camouflage .
Records exist of a ferry service across the River Mersey between Birkenhead on the west bank and Liverpool on the east since the Middle Ages.In 1332 the monks of Birkenhead Priory were granted exclusive rights to operate a ferry; following the dissolution of the monasteries these rights passed through a number of operators eventually to the township of Birkenhead.
The cemetery was officially opened 30 May 1864 and named Birkenhead Cemetery, and the site originally had three separate denominational chapels. [2] The Roman Catholic chapel was demolished in 1971 and a memorial wall has been erected on its site. The remaining two chapels, for Nonconformists and the Church of England, were last used in 1975. [2]
Rock Ferry on the Wirral Line. Rock Ferry railway station is situated in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The station lies 4.5 miles (7 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station has an island platform with four platforms in ...
1915 advertisement for Cammell Laird. The Laird Company was founded by William Laird, who had established the Birkenhead Iron Works in 1824.When he was joined by his son, John Laird in 1828, their first ship was an iron barge. [1]