Tunnel connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead 1926
Diagram showing where the tunnel connecting Liverpool to Birkenhead would be, under the River Mersey. Spanning 44ft wide with two desks for vehicles only. Eventually opened by King George V, called Queensway, on 18 July 1934, at the time the longest underwater tunnel in the world a title it held for 24 years, with a cost total of 8 million
Picture No
12036072
Media ID
46120704
Size
3847px x 5874px
(6.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by S. W Clatworthy in The Sphere', 13 February 1926, page 207
Date
1926
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