Central Hydraulic Tower is a Grade II listed building situated in Birkenhead, England. It was designed by J. B. Hartley to provide the necessary power to move the bridges and lock gates at the adjacent Birkenhead Docks. The building design was based on the Palazzo Vecchio town hall situated in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.[1] Currently disused, the building is planned to be used as a Maritime Knowledge Hub as part of the Wirral Waters development scheme.[2]
^Brocklebank 2003, pp. 34–36
^Barnes, Ed. "A last look inside Birkenhead's Central Hydraulic Tower before it's redeveloped". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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lock entrance had closed and was partly filled in. The redevelopment of Tower Road over a decade later precipitated in the removal of the swing bridge...
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for ships, and was used to site one of the Queensway Tunnel ventilation towers in 1934, along with a water pumping station in 1955. The pumping station...
the toll-free Tower Bridge nearby in 1894 caused a drop in income and the tunnel closed in 1898, after being sold to the London Hydraulic Power Company...
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the tower, it varies from true vertical accuracy by only 29 mm (1.1 in). In August 1974, construction of the main level commenced. Using 45 hydraulic jacks...
with the LNWR, in 1860. At Bidston, the line was connected to the Great Central Railway in 1896. Ownership of the railway circa. 1913-1914 was as follows:...
as 'RAF Tower', which proved unsuccessful. A post box was opened at the top of the tower in 1949. The hydraulic lifts to the top of the tower were replaced...
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the installation of hydraulic screens, which were used to form the concrete floors of the hotel and apartment section of the tower, and rose with the floors...
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