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Mersey Tunnel Ventilation Shaft
This strange structure is the massive ventilation shaft for the second Mersey tunnel, at either side are the air intakes for the tunnel. The Kingsway Tunnel, started in 1966 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II in June 1971, is a twin tube tunnel, each "tube" has two traffic lanes twelve feet wide (compared to nine feet wide in the Queensway Tunnel) and is slightly under two miles in length.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 17 Aug 2005
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Kingsway Tunnel Ventilation
Ventilation system of Mersey Tunnel, Kingsway, at Seacombe.
Image: © Arthur C Harris
Taken: 24 Apr 2022
0.03 miles
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Old pub car park sign near Seacombe Ferry
An old car park sign from a long gone public house which once stood next to the Seacombe Ferry.
Image: © Jeff Buck
Taken: 4 Apr 2017
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Ventilation tower
The ventilation tower for the Kingsway road tunnel under the River Mersey.
Image: © Richard Hoare
Taken: 16 Feb 2013
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Housing development at Seacombe
Image: © Arthur C Harris
Taken: 18 May 2023
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Ventilation tower
For the Kingsway road tunnel from the Wirral to Liverpool.
Image: © Richard Hoare
Taken: 16 Feb 2013
0.04 miles
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Kingsway road tunnel ventilation tower, Seacombe
On Seacombe Promenade.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 4 Jul 2015
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Kingsway Tunnel ventilation tower and shafts
These were built in 1971 to ventilate the new Kingsway Tunnel, a second Mersey Tunnel created when the 1930s Queensway Tunnel was unable to cope with the rise in postwar traffic.
Image: © Jonathan Hutchins
Taken: 1 Apr 2018
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Tower block, Ferryside, Seacombe
Seen from outside the ferry terminal.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 4 Jul 2015
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Going for an ice cream on Seacombe Promenade
The crowds on Seacombe Promenade were waiting in the sunshine for Queen Mary 2 to arrive in the river, and the ice cream van was another welcome arrival. In the background is the huge ventilation structure for the Kingsway road tunnel.
Image: © John S Turner
Taken: 15 Sep 2011
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