Photograph of renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool, Block D, later Merseyside Maritime Museum, completed colonnade and quayside on south side, with cargo display, largely barrels, looking east towards the Dock Traffic Office, top centre and Block E, centr

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Colour transparency. Renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool, Block D, later Merseyside Maritime Museum, exterior view, completed colonnade and quayside on south side, with cargo display, largely barrels, looking east towards the Dock Traffic Office, top centre and Block E, centre right. Note the quayside scales to lower left for weighing samples of discharged goods to ensure correct duties were paid on imports; only scales like these supplied by Mersey Docks and Harbour Board could be used (MMM object collection).