Some of the worlds great cities are linked in the popular mind with their river and; for reasons both ancient and modern; Liverpool and the Mersey are inseparable. Treacherous and fast flowing; with a huge tidal range; the Mersey nevertheless formed part of the chain that carried the trade of the world; linking large parts of northern and midland England with markets and sources of supply across the globe. For centuries; this traffic passed through Liverpool; the landing point for imports and the port of dispatch for goods sent overseas or around the coast. Liverpool developed to serve a growing national and international trading network and for many decades handled more of the cargoes of Britains maritime even than London. In Liverpool; the warehouse represents the essential function of the city and nowhere else can the evolution of this important building type be studied in such depth from surviving buildings.
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