MERSEY TUNNEL
ALTERNATIVE TO FERRIES.
DENSE FOG AT OPENING.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.0 p.m.) London, December 17. The opening of the £8,000,000 Mersey tunnel, designed to expedite traffic between Lancashire and Cheshire when fog impedes the ferries, strangely coincided with the densest fog for years, demonstrating that the ratepayers are getting their money’s worth. Thousands in a hurry joined 40,000 sightseers paying sixpence each to walk through, providing £1250 for Christmas dinners for the poor. This was probably the only occasion when the tunnel will be used by pedestrians. The fog extended from Cornwall to the Scottish border, except in the south-eastern corner of England.
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Southland Times, Issue 22201, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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107MERSEY TUNNEL Southland Times, Issue 22201, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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