page_title: Pier Head
section_title: Trans-Atlantic shipping
hierarchical_section_title: Pier Head / Landing stages / Trans-Atlantic shipping
caption_attribution_description: The Great Floating Landing-Stage at Liverpool Photo: Mersey Dock &amp; Harbour Board
context_page_description: The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004.
  As well as a collection of landmark buildings, recreational open space, and a number of memorials, the Pier Head was the landing site for passenger ships travelling to and from the city.
context_section_description: Originally, the Prince's Landing Stage was situated at the Pier Head to serve the trans-Atlantic liner service. There were a number of these stages built during Liverpool's history, the most recent opened in the 1890s and was joined to the neighbouring George's Landing Stage, situated to the south. After  further lengthening took place in the early twentieth century, the combined structure originally measured 2,478 feet, almost half a mile. Both were scrapped in 1973, following the termination of trans-Atlantic services from Liverpool.
caption: The floating landing stage, Prince's Landing Stage, circa 1930
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