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This section of the promenade at Egremont, was a popular place for local residents to come and sit during the summer months
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Children play on the beach at Egremont. In the distance a Wallasey ferryboat waits at the stage for passengers to board the vessel.
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During the winter of 1895 the Mersey was covered in ice. To the right of the view the coal barge the Emily is anchored a short distance from the Egremont ferry pier
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People have gathered on an area known locally as the Green Hill, which over looked the Mersey. In the distance can be seen the Egremont ferry pier
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High seas batter the promenade at Egremont. This section of the promenade through to New Brighton was constructed in the late 1890's
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The Egremont floating landing stage viewed from a ferryboat. The ferry was used daily by many of the residents of Egremont to travel to Liverpool.
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The oil tanker British Commander aground and having demolished a large section of the ferry pier at Egremont. The accident happened in 1933 and the following year ferry service reopened
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In May 1941 the Egremont ferry pier was rammed by the coasting steamer Newlands. This view shows how much damage was caused by the vessel
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Looking out to the Egremont ferry landing stage. Below the tangled steel work can be seen a stone slipway, on which the old running stage was winched in and out
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The damage the Newlands caused was so extensive to the Egremont ferry pier, that no attempts were made to repair the structure
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The Egremont landing stage later towed away to Tranmere and broken up. The pier was demolished in 1946 and the stone slipway beneath taken away
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A Wallasey ferryboat makes its up river past the end of Guinea Gap, in the direction of Seacombe ferry
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A Wallasey ferryboat leaves the Egremont landing. To the left of the view can be seen the clock tower of the Liverpool Home for Aged Mariners built in 1882
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