SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall on the River Thames, London. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling. Her length of 692 feet (211 m) was only surpassed in 1899 by the 705-foot (215 m) 17,274-gross-ton RMS Oceanic, and her gross tonnage of 18,915 was only surpassed in 1901 by the 701-foot (214 m) 21,035-gross-ton RMS Celtic.
At the time of her local break-up Liverpool Football Club were looking for a flagpole for their Anfield ground and consequently purchased her top mast. It still stands there today, at the Kop end.
Top mast of the SS Great Eastern
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By kjfitz @ 2012-12-02 21:37:04
Anonymous
@ 2021-01-18 06:04:06
At the time the Great Eastern was being broken up, 1889-90, Liverpool FC did not exist. It was Everton FC who acquired the mast and raised it as a flag pole at their Anfield Road ground.