Built in 1908 11 the Royal Liver building is one of the most famous in Liverpool Designed by Walter A Thomas and made famous

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Built in 1908 11 the Royal Liver building is one of the most famous in Liverpool Designed by Walter A Thomas and made famous by the mythical Liver birds still the symbol of Liverpool There are two one on each tower eighteen feet tall and with a wingspan of twenty four feet cast in copper A German sculptor living in England Carl Bernard Bartels designed them The building itself is acknowledged as the worlds first skyscraper and built using steel and concrete

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