George's Dock Building, Grade II listed ventilation building at Pier Head, Liverpool, England.
The George's Dock Building features a central ventilation shaft shaped as an obelisk with Portland stone facades and detailed sculptures along its walls.
Herbert James Rowse designed this industrial structure between 1931 and 1934 to provide essential ventilation for the Queensway tunnel under the River Mersey.
The building displays Edmund Thompson and George Capstick's sculptures, including Speed - The Modern Mercury, a 23-foot high relief above the entrance.
The structure contains offices for Merseytravel, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, and houses control systems managing air quality in the Mersey Tunnel.
A memorial inside the building commemorates seventeen workers who lost their lives during the construction of the Queensway tunnel.
Location: Liverpool
Architects: Herbert James Rowse
GPS coordinates: 53.40466,-2.99395
Latest update: March 6, 2025 08:36
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