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| Picture No | 12036072 |
| Date | 1926 |
| Description | Tunnel connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead 1926 |
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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 ú8 million.
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| Source | Illustration by S. W Clatworthy in 'The Sphere', 13 February 1926, page 207 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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