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Thought I`d have a change from Birkenhead Docks and post a few of Egremont Ferry

The Mersey covered in ice during the winter of 1895. A Wallasey ferryboat leaves the Egremont running out stage, and to the right a sailing ship anchored in the river.

Egremont ferry in the late 1890's. During this period Egremont and Seacombe began to rapidly expand as new houses and roads were built.

Children enjoy a visit to a sandy beach. In the distance the long ferry pier at Egremont can be seen running out into the river

The promenade at Egremont, over to the left the ferry pier and buildings. On the right the Egremont Hotel dominates the skyline

The Egremont passengers foot bridge which connected the pier to the running out stage. The pier and running out stage were constructed 1874-6

Passengers disembark from a ferryboat at Egremont. Out in the river the Cunard liner Campania waits to enter a dock at Liverpool

Children stand at the bottom of the passenger foot bridge at Egremont ferry. This view shows how steep the bridge became at low water

A view from the end of the running out stage at Egremont, which was pulled in and out by a steam driven winch situated in a building on the promenade

Passengers disembarking from a Wallasey ferryboat at Egremont. On a winters night this would have been an exposed place to have made your way home from

A riverside garden overlooking the pier and landing stage at Egremont. In the distance the northern section of the Liverpool dock system

Wallasey residents relax and watch the vessels arriving and departing from the Mersey. In the distance the Egremont
ferry pier extends a long way out into the river

Low water and the running out stage has been winched out fully at Egremont, as passengers board the waiting paddle steamer

Snow covers the road and gardens at Egremont. On the beach is the coal barge Emily, which supplied the Wallasey ferryboats with coal

Emily Built 1895 John Scott & Co., Kingshorn

On the left of this view the buildings that belong to Wallasey ferries, in front of which on the shore was a grid-iron where ferry boats could be beached at Egremont for minor repairs

The Egremont pier collapsed while rebuilding work was being carried out on the ferry pier. This view of the buckled iron work is dated 14 February 1909