Liverpool


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Europe, England Seaport, City Liverpool

City (1991 pop. 448,300), Merseyside, NW England, on the Mersey R. near its mouth; 53º25'N 03º00'W. One of Britain’s largest cities. Its 1st wet dock was completed by 1715; today, Liverpool’s docks are more than 7 mi/11.3 km long. Once Britain’s greatest port, Liverpool suffered extreme setbacks with the advent of container ships, which it could not handle, and the shift in Great Britain’s trade focus from the U.S. to the EU.

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Robert A. McCaughey

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Peter Richards

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