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1928 ENGINEERING: Construction of Liverpool-Birkenhead Tunnel
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0:45Now PlayingDate: 5th April 1928
Location: Liverpool
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: A Tale of Two Tunnels. The final break-through of the beadings of the Liverpool-Birkenhead tunnel under the River Mersey. The Lord mayor of Liverpool (Miss Margaret Bevan) goes below for the historic event)
ENGLAND: Liverpool:
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Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Margaret Bevan, goes down in lift shaft with engineers:
SLATE: 150 feet below the river
Engineers drilling and using pick axes on rock to break through tunnel and officials on either side shake hands: Frederick Naylor (Birkenhead Mayor) making announcement: lift rising: Mayors shaking hands:
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