. Liverpool . that, and rice from Calcutta over 32 LIVERPOOL in the Toxteth. An austere elevator inthe Coburg insists on the constant atten-dance of grain-barges; a mustard-colouredstain on the rim of the Harringtonstands for cotton-seed meal from Gal-veston ; silver-hulled coasters, their sparsand rigging hanging in tender meshesagainst the blue, fill the quiet reaches ofthe Salthouse ; and in the cloisters sur-rounding the sunless quadrangle of theWaterloo, men are always moving, asMr. Hay has painted them, in a deepwarm tumult of golden dusk. One-seventh of all the ships in the world, itis
Image details
Contributor:
Reading Room 2020 / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2CDFJDKFile size:
7.2 MB (345.7 KB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
1016 x 2461 px | 17.2 x 41.7 cm | 6.8 x 16.4 inches | 150dpiMore information:
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
. Liverpool . that, and rice from Calcutta over 32 LIVERPOOL in the Toxteth. An austere elevator inthe Coburg insists on the constant atten-dance of grain-barges; a mustard-colouredstain on the rim of the Harringtonstands for cotton-seed meal from Gal-veston ; silver-hulled coasters, their sparsand rigging hanging in tender meshesagainst the blue, fill the quiet reaches ofthe Salthouse ; and in the cloisters sur-rounding the sunless quadrangle of theWaterloo, men are always moving, asMr. Hay has painted them, in a deepwarm tumult of golden dusk. One-seventh of all the ships in the world, itis true, laden with fabulous loot, aredriven along these intricate waterways, are penned in these monstrous inter-woven cells; and one-third of all thegoods the Kingdom receives, one-fourthof all the goods she sends away, passthrough these great sheds and cumberthese endless quays. But those vastherds, charging so wonderfully across theplains of the Seven Seas, hold here forthe end of their flight a space that is. j r r mfr ?B^BvLb B-f% H*J ** * % * *l 38 n jp. THE DOCKS 33 measured by inches ; and you may, there-fore, in spite of its enormity, map out thewhole labyrinth in your mind either chro-matically or topographically, either bythe names of companies or in terms ofgrapes and silks and dyes and preciousores, just as your temperament in-clines. §4. But however neatly familiarity maythus label the place and tie it up intolittle packages of effort, that first senseof the superhumanity of the drama goingon here never for an instant lightens.The actors employed, whether the linersthemselves, or the gaunt roof-cranes, orthe dire monsters that effect the coaling, or the deliberate jaws of the dock-gates, are designed on so immensely loftier ascale than the rather draggled humanswho run to and fro in their shadows, watched by the great silences, that theyinevitably upraise the expectations totheir own gigantic measure. Only in 34 LIVERPOOL one brief corner of this seven-mile har-bourage