Photograph of renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool, Block D, later Merseyside Maritime Museum, fourth floor, view showing grid of cast iron columns, inverted Y-shaped curved cast iron beams and vaulted brick arches with cast iron tie bars.
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Colour transparency. Renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool, Block D, later Merseyside Maritime Museum, fourth floor, interior view, showing grid of cast iron columns supporting the inverted Y-shaped curved cast iron beams (known as 'elephant' beams) which support the vaulted brick arches with cast iron tie bars. Note the 37mm thick vitreous blue floor tiles have been lifted and removed.