Tracks to Liverpool (take 2)
I have always loved this area of Liverpool, the massive Stanley dock tobacco warehouse, the mountains of scrap metal, the historic north dock system, once the centre of Liverpool's worldwie trade links, now large parts of it lie derelict.
It is the first time I have been able to access the Clarence graving dock and this piece of wasteland, formerly Clarence dock, (The dock was filled in 1929 and the site was then used for a power station. The three large chimneys, known as the 3 ugly sister's, of the Clarence Dock Power Station were a familiar local landmark until the site was demolished in the mid 1990s.) and later used as the home for the summer pops festival up until a few years ago.
But due to work being carried out on the Leeds-Liverpool canal link,
some of the fences have been removed. It is a great place to
photograph, and these quayside tracks reminded me that at one time
this would have been a hive of activity, with goods from all over the
world being loaded and unloaded. In a more subversive way it also made
me think of journeys made by immagrants to, and from Liverpool, that
has led to Liverpool's huge cultural diversity and the reason why it
was last years European Capital of Culture.
Essay over :)
Comments and faves
Daniel Mikhailovich (40 months ago | reply)
beautiful tones, the dissolving sky
www.zakigrant.co.uk [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Indeed, a very bleak but beautiful image.
wirral_matt (40 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
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