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This file details an earlier 1913 proposal for a pontoon bridge across the Mersey. This would obviously have affected shipping and seems to have been rejected on grounds of practicality. | This file details an earlier 1913 proposal for a pontoon bridge across the Mersey. This would obviously have affected shipping and seems to have been rejected on grounds of practicality. | ||
As with the rest of [[RAIL 475]], these documents were collected by the Mersey Railway Company, which was afraid of the competition that a road crossing would provide to its rail tunnel. | As with the rest of [[:Category:Subseries RAIL 475|RAIL 475]], these documents were collected by the Mersey Railway Company, which was afraid of the competition that a road crossing would provide to its rail tunnel. | ||
==Links to other files== | ==Links to other files== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:59, 20 January 2011
Pontoon bridges at Birkenhead and Liverpool: original 1913 plan with 1925 endorsements showing modifications and extensions proposed by Joshua Shaw
| Date range | 1913-1925 |
| Location | National Archives (see all files stored here) |
| Catalogue | See entry |
| File base | Series RAIL, subseries RAIL 475 |
Context
Prior to the construction of the Mersey Tunnel there had been several other ideas for a fixed road crossing. The Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee itself considered a suspension bridge.
This file details an earlier 1913 proposal for a pontoon bridge across the Mersey. This would obviously have affected shipping and seems to have been rejected on grounds of practicality.
As with the rest of RAIL 475, these documents were collected by the Mersey Railway Company, which was afraid of the competition that a road crossing would provide to its rail tunnel.
Links to other files
- MT 39/123 TUNNELS: Mersey Tunnel (1923-1928)
People with camera copies
None known
