The mayors of Liverpool & Birkenhead meet under the Mersey
Margaret Beavan (centre), the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, shaking hands with the Mayor of Birkenhead (right) at the meeting of the two halves of the Mersey Tunnel, 1928. Sir Archibald Salvidge (left) had just used his pick-axe to pierce the last barrier of rock, thus joining the two parts of the formative tunnel under the River Mersey
Picture No
10222605
Media ID
45990916
Size
3882px x 3380px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, 14 April 1928, page 644
Date
1928
