Whenever a game of football is played at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC, thousands of people will walk past a flagpole and not realise its place in history. 

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It was purchased 130 years ago by the football club to fly the Liverpool FC flag at matches. However it had a much more important job before it became a flagpole. 

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It was the main mast of the biggest ship of its day, built by the greatest British engineer and mathematician that ever lived, His name: Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 

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Brunel designed and built the ship and lived long enough to see it leave on its maiden voyage.

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But what happened to the ship after that? 

See if you can find out!