Mersey Shore, Fulwood, Otterspool, Toxteth, Liverpool

Mersey shore - Otterspool
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The section south from around the end of Fulwood Park to the Toxteth boundary at the Osklesbrok at Otterspool itself. Apart from the Sandstone outcrops of the Keuper beds at Dingle, the original foreshore was a series of low banks of clays and gravel which were always being eroded. Sea walls existed in this area for a long time but in the 1930 a lot of work was done to stabilse the foreshore and reclaim land from the river. The views towards Fulwood below, taken from about the same place, show how rapidly work progressed at that time.

The system used was to construct banks on the seaward side of the shore and then fill the 'lagoon' area in between. To this end temporary railway tracks were laid to assist dumping. The materials used on the earliest works were largely household refuse and diggings from the first Mersey tunnel. Later rubble from the Liverpool Blitz was also used. In places it appears that dredged sand from the river itself was used.

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an untouched section of foreshore

Land reclamation Otterspool

reclamation and tipping

Otterspool looking towards Fulwood

Otterspool looking towards Fulwood

Jerico Lane looking toward Fulwood

promenade surfacing

Records and History courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk

The section south from around the end of Fulwood Park to the Toxteth boundary at the Osklesbrok at Otterspool itself. Apart from the Sandstone outcrops of the Keuper beds at Dingle, the original foreshore was a series of low banks of clays and gravel which were always being eroded. Sea walls existed in this area for a long time but in the 1930 a lot of work was done to stabilse the foreshore and reclaim land from the river. The views towards Fulwood below, taken from about the same place, show how rapidly work progressed at that time. The system used was to construct banks on the seaward side of the shore and then fill the 'lagoon' area in between. To this end temporary railway tracks were laid to assist dumping. The materials used on the earliest works were largely household refuse and diggings from the first Mersey tunnel. Later rubble from the Liverpool Blitz was also used. In places it appears that dredged sand from the river itself was used.
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an untouched section of foreshore			Land reclamation Otterspool	reclamation and tipping

Otterspool looking towards Fulwood	Otterspool looking towards Fulwood	Jerico Lane looking toward Fulwood			promenade surfacing
Records and History courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk