ICOT model

Architect's model of Institute of Coastal Oceanography and Tides

When the Liverpool Tidal Institute became part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in 1969 it was renamed the Institute of Coastal Oceanography and Tides (ICOT). After rapid expansion a new building was required to house the increasing number of staff. Plans were drawn up by a firm of architects and a model of the proposed building and the Bidston site was built. This model is held in the HECS archive, but the new building, as constructed in 1975 (which became known as the Proudman Building) was not as large as that in the scale model.