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The First Mersey Road Tunnel

Event type: Meeting
Date: 16th July 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: St Columba's Church Hall
Organiser:

David Hearn will be talking about the Queensway Tunnel from inception to the royal opening

* Doors open 10 am * Meeting started 10.30 * Free Refreshments*

When it was built in the 1930s, the Queensway Tunnel from Liverpool to Birkenhead was a masterpiece of engineering hailed as the 8th Wonder of the World. In this talk, you hear all about this great venture from inception through to its opening by King George V in
1934.