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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
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