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The foundation stone for the Royal Liver Building was laid
in 1908 and the building opened three years later. It was constructed using
a revolutionary technique where a ferro-concrete frame using a network of
columns and steel beams carried the weight of the outer and inner walls and
the floors. |
| The outer walls are thin panels of concrete dressed in granite. The clock faces are famous - 25 feet in diameter (2.5 feet larger than Big Ben) and when installed in 1911 was the largest electrically driven clock in the UK, accurate to 30 seconds in the year. |
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