Cast Iron Shore

Cast Iron Shore
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Cast Iron Shore
Cast Iron Shore
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Coordinates: 53°22′27″N 02°57′46″W / 53.37417°N 2.96278°W / 53.37417; -2.96278
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The Cast Iron Shore (colloquially known as "the Cazzy") was a name given to the banks of the Mersey in south Liverpool due to the presence of an iron foundry. The Cast Iron Shore is mentioned in the Beatles' song "Glass Onion".[1]

Background

The "Cazzy" got its name from the rust residue left after ships were scrapped on the foreshore at Dingle. The area was just beyond the last of the South Docks, the Herculaneum Dock. The beach in that area turned red from the ferric oxide left in the sand.[citation needed]

St Michael's Church, opened in 1815, was known as the Cast Iron Church because of the extensive use of cast iron in its construction.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Glass Onion". The Beatles Online. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  2. ^ "South Liverpool: Toxteth, Wavertree, Aigburth and Garston". allertonOak. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  3. ^ "St Michael's Church". SJS Files. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2009.


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