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by Gizbeech - 12th Dec 2025 10:54am
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Tower Quay, East Float, Birkenhead 1910.
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The decorative top part of the tower got blatted in the war by Mr Hitler's heavier-than-air machines !!
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great picture do you have any more?
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asked pablo22 anymore pics,had a look round the net,and found the geoff topp postcard collection very good.
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Photo of it being sorted after the bombing.
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The top part is still there, maybe it was loosened and had to be taken off.
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Mmmmm. I sit corrected. I was told by a guy on the docks moons ago that it was "hit by a bomb". Obviously he was only partly right ! Yes Bert, the nearby blast would have worried the top part a bit and no doubt they truncated it to make it safe.
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Impressive from a distance, in the 1890s.
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Sorry Parkgater, I just got sent it with a couple of others.
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Photo of it being sorted after the bombing.
You can still see the repaired brick work on the building
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View of birkenhead and Wallasey docks
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The Great Float hydraulic tower and engine house was completed in 1863. It provided power for opening dock gates and operating the swing/bascule bridges. Apparently, it was modelled on the Piazza Della Signoria in Florence, Italy. [See pic below...]
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