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Royal Liver Building
by Walter Aubrey Thomas
1908

One of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront.

The Three Graces are the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.

Opened in 1911, the Royal Liver Building is the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group, which was set up in the city in 1850 to provide locals with assistance related to losing a wage-earning relative.

The Royal Liver Building stands at 295 ft tall. It was the tallest storied building in Europe from completion until 1932 and the tallest in the United Kingdom until 1961. The Royal Liver Building is now however only the joint-fourth tallest structure in the City of Liverpool, having been overtaken in height by West Tower, Radio City Tower and Liverpool Cathedral.

Today the Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool and is home to two fabled Liver Birds that watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that were these two birds to fly away, then the city would cease to exist.

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Liver Bird

The symbol of the city of Liverpool.

Each tower is topped by a metal sculpture of a cormorant-like liver bird, designed by Carl Bernard Bartels.

The use of a bird to represent the city of Liverpool dates to the medieval era, but the idea that the Lliver Bird" is a mythical creature specific to Liverpool evolved in the 20th century. The bird is represented here in the form of a cormorant holding a frond in its mouth.

The birds are 18 ft high, their heads are 3.5 ft long, the spread of the wings is 12 ft, their length is 10 ft and the legs are 2 ft in circumference. Their bodies and wings are of moulded and hammered copper fixed on a steel armature.

Although there are Liver Birds on many buildings in Liverpool, it is the two which roost on top of this building that are the biggest in the city and which to many people are the very identity of Liverpool.

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Taken on: March 22, 2023

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