MT 39/123 - Revision history

Chris5156 at 17:00, 1 May 2015

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	===Context===		==Context==
	This is the key file recording the planning process and construction for the Queensway road tunnel under the Mersey, which opened in 1934.		This is the key file recording the planning process and construction for the Queensway road tunnel under the Mersey, which opened in 1934.

	The story is detailed [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/queenswaytunnel/ on CBRD], but in brief, various bridge and tunnel proposals were considered, initially as a tolled facility. The local government bodies responsible eventually managed to persuade central government to bear most of the construction cost.		The story is detailed [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/queenswaytunnel/ on CBRD], but in brief, various bridge and tunnel proposals were considered, initially as a tolled facility. The local government bodies responsible eventually managed to persuade central government to bear most of the construction cost.

	===Contents of note===		==Contents of note==
	* Memos and minutes of meetings between the Ministry of Transport and the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee as the details of the tunnel proposal were fleshed out.		* Memos and minutes of meetings between the Ministry of Transport and the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee as the details of the tunnel proposal were fleshed out.
	* Maps, plans and diagrams showing various proposed layouts over time.		* Maps, plans and diagrams showing various proposed layouts over time.

	===Links to other files===		==Links to other files==
	:'''[[RAIL 475/241]]''' Pontoon bridges at Birkenhead and Liverpool: original 1913 plan with 1925 endorsements showing modifications and extensions proposed by Joshua Shaw (1913-1925)		:'''[[RAIL 475/241]]''' Pontoon bridges at Birkenhead and Liverpool: original 1913 plan with 1925 endorsements showing modifications and extensions proposed by Joshua Shaw (1913-1925)

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	:'''[[RAIL 475/276]]''' Plans showing tunnel entrances, route of tunnel and longitudinal section received from Basil Mott (Chief Engineer of Queensway Tunnel) (1925)		:'''[[RAIL 475/276]]''' Plans showing tunnel entrances, route of tunnel and longitudinal section received from Basil Mott (Chief Engineer of Queensway Tunnel) (1925)

	===People with camera copies===		==People with camera copies==
	[[User:Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy.		[[User:Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy.
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Chris5156: Add new header

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	{\|		{{Header
	~~\|'''Location'''~~		\| title = TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel
	~~\|[[National Archives]]~~		\| daterange = 1923-1928
	\|-		\| nacatref = 4407437
	~~\|'''Title'''~~		\| series = MT
	\|TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel		\| subseries = 39
	\|-		}}
	~~\|'''Date range'''~~
	\|1923-1928
	\|-
	\|~~'''Catalogue'''~~
	\|~~[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=4407437&SearchInit~~=~~4&CATREF=mt+~~39~~%2F123 See entry]~~
	\|}

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Chris5156 at 00:10, 29 December 2008

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	===People with camera copies===		===People with camera copies===
	[[Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy.		[[User:Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy.
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Chris5156: New page: Category:Subseries MT 39 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel |- |'''Date range''' |1923-1928 |- |'''Catalogue''' |[http://www.nationalarch...

2008-12-24T01:32:52Z

New page: Category:Subseries MT 39 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel |- |'''Date range''' |1923-1928 |- |'''Catalogue''' |[http://www.nationalarch...

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[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{|
|'''Location'''
|[[National Archives]]
|-
|'''Title'''
|TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel
|-
|'''Date range'''
|1923-1928
|-
|'''Catalogue'''
|[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=4407437&SearchInit=4&CATREF=mt+39%2F123 See entry]
|}

===Context===
This is the key file recording the planning process and construction for the Queensway road tunnel under the Mersey, which opened in 1934.

The story is detailed [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/queenswaytunnel/ on CBRD], but in brief, various bridge and tunnel proposals were considered, initially as a tolled facility. The local government bodies responsible eventually managed to persuade central government to bear most of the construction cost.

===Contents of note===
* Memos and minutes of meetings between the Ministry of Transport and the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee as the details of the tunnel proposal were fleshed out.
* Maps, plans and diagrams showing various proposed layouts over time.

===Links to other files===
:'''[[RAIL 475/241]]''' Pontoon bridges at Birkenhead and Liverpool: original 1913 plan with 1925 endorsements showing modifications and extensions proposed by Joshua Shaw (1913-1925)

:'''[[RAIL 475/250]]''' Operation of tramways and buses through vehicular tunnel: extracts for proceedings before parliamentary committees in 1925 (1927)

:'''[[RAIL 475/255]]''' Special supplement from Liverpool Daily Post dated 16 July 1934, commemorating opening of tunnel (1934)

:'''[[RAIL 475/276]]''' Plans showing tunnel entrances, route of tunnel and longitudinal section received from Basil Mott (Chief Engineer of Queensway Tunnel) (1925)

===People with camera copies===
[[Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy.
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