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After its merger with the White Star Line, Cunard Line became the largest passenger ship line in the world. With its handsome, elegantly proportioned facade, this was the ideal building for a company with the size and prestige of Cunard. Its main attraction is the Great Hall where travellers booked their Transatlantic voyages on the Cunard's fleet of ocean liners.
The Cunard Building is 185 feet long and 74 feet wide with a hand painted fresco dome 65 feet above the marble floors. Built as a registration/ticket point for the Cunard passenger ships, it is today used as offices and even has a branch of the Post Office within it. The Cunard Building still plays an important role in the composition of the waterfront.
From 1917 to the present day, there have been few new buildings. With the decline in ferry passengers due to the opening of the Mersey Tunnels, there was not much need for such a big landing stage so it was reduced. In the 1970s the stage was replaced, the new one sinking on its first weekend but it was successfully risen and is still in use today.