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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.
Source Photographs in The Illustrated London News, 21 July 1934 page 103
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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