Picture No | 10908814 |
Date | 18 July 1934 |
Description | Interior of the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool |
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King George V opened the Mersey Tunnel called 'Queensway' on 18 July 1934, arranging to drive in the tunnel. Exclusively for vehicles, connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead under the River Mersey. At the time of its construction it was the longest underwater tunnel in the world a title it held for 24 years, and costed a total of £8 million. Photographs here showing (above) the junction with Birkenhead docks branch, (below) a curve that takes four lines of traffic abreast.
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Source | Photographs in The Illustrated London News, 21 July 1934 page 103 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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