Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
27 - A Record of Liverpool, 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
October 2nd, 1872. Beautiful weather in the morning; showers in the early afternoon.
At half past ten in the morning we went by carriage to visit a museum. We then proceeded to the floating landing-stage, where we boarded a boat. As on the previous day, our route was lined by police, and a band played on the quayside while we boarded. We cast off and headed west down the river. After going two miles downstream we reached the forts situated at the harbour mouth. The fort on the dock on the right bank fired a seventeen-gun salute. The boat then turned round and made its way back upstream.
We then proceeded to Birkenhead, on the south bank of the Mersey, where we disembarked. There was a large shipyard here with a number of dry docks. At the point on the bank where we landed were three dry docks. In two of them new ships were being assembled, and in the third a ship was undergoing modification. The new vessels under construction were both iron steam-packets, intended for service in the Pacific. The vessel undergoing modification was also a mail-boat. Since it was not long enough for its new purpose, it had been cut in half at this yard and a new section had been inserted amidships to lengthen it by over twenty feet, thus increasing it to a suitable size.
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