3-082-983 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The White Star R.M.S. "Germanic," lying at Liverpool landing-stage, outward bound for New York, 1895. 'Liverpool has naturally been jubilant over the inauguration on June 12 of the new Riverside Station, by means of which travellers bound for the United States practically alight alongside of their steamer. The city now claims afresh the honourable title of being "the Gateway of the West." On the platform of the new station to receive the first train, which was the ordinary nine o'clock service from London, were several gentlemen interested in the enterprise. The famous firm of Ismay, Imrie, and Co., was represented by Mr. Imrie, Mr. Bruce Ismay, and Mr. James Ismay. Meanwhile all the tugs and Channel boats had left the landing-stage, in order to make way for the White Star liner Germanic and the tender Magnetic. Then the Teutonic arrived, and landed passengers by tender across the deck of the Germanic. Next came the Cunard steamer Catalonia, to add to the picture. The passengers from the London train reached their steamer with no inconvenience, and thus was the new Riverside Station first used'. J. Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, survived the 1912 sinking of the company's flagship RMS Titanic. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.