The construction of docks in the eighteenth century allowed it to surpass Bristol, taking control of trade in American tobacco, molasses, and slaves.
This city is located across an estuary from Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula. Robert Jenkinson, the second earl of this name, served as Tory Prime Minister from 1812 to 1817.  The construction of docks in the eighteenth century allowed it to surpass Bristol, taking control of trade in American tobacco, molasses, and slaves. Later it would be the primary destination in Britain for Irish emigrants fleeing the potato famine, who made up twenty-five percent of its population by 1851. George Stephenson, designer of the Rocket, surveyed the first inter-city railroad to nearby Manchester, which opened in 1830.  FTP, name this industrial city on the Mersey, home of the Everton Football Club and the Beatles.
This city is located across an estuary from Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula.
Liverpool