Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside

Photograph taken 2002 © Historic England Archive ref: NMR_17748_22

An oblique aerial view of Liverpool with the Pier Head and waterfront area in the foreground. From left to right are the Liver Building, Cunard Building and Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building - sometimes referred to as the 3 Graces. While these 3 buildings are still the same in 2011 the area around has changed a great deal. The Leeds and Liverpool canal now ends on the Pier Head. The new Musuem of Liverpool has been built where the car park is and blocks of flats behind there. The green space that was Chevasse Park in 2002 is now the site of Liverpool One Shopping Mall. Many other landmarks can be seen further back including St John's Tower, St George's Hall and Lime Street Station.

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Merseyside Liverpool

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2000s (2000 - 2009)

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"Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". This was a publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company. It was taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon. Francis Lewis Wills was a former Royal Naval Air Service Observer and co-founder of Aerofilms. Claude Friese-Greene, holding the cine-camera, was technical director for Aerofilms in its early days, but is best known as a pioneering cinematographer. We know very little about Shaw, the pilot, probably an AirCo employee.

Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside

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