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Latitude: 53.3884 / 53°23'18"N
Longitude: -3.0147 / 3°0'53"W
OS Eastings: 332608
OS Northings: 388434
OS Grid: SJ326884
Mapcode National: GBR 7YD8.32
Mapcode Global: WH87D.N3L5
Plus Code: 9C5R9XQP+94
Entry Name: Monument to the Building of the Mersey Tunnel
Listing Date: 10 August 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1217871
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389150
ID on this website: 101217871
Location: Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41
County: Wirral
Electoral Ward/Division: Birkenhead and Tranmere
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birkenhead
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Monument
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3288SW CHESTER STREET
789-1/15/43 (West side)
Monument to the Building of Mersey
Tunnel
GV II
Monument commemorating construction of Queensway (Mersey)
Tunnel. 1934. By Herbert Rowse. White ashlar base with
polished black granite shaft. Tall fluted shaft on high base
with chevron and acanthus decoration in bands at base and top.
It is capped by a fluted glass bowl out of which a ribbed cap
carries a banded sphere. Base is inscribed with names of the
engineer and architect of the tunnel, Sir Basil Mott J.A.
Brodie, engineers, Herbert Rowse, architect, together with the
names of the construction teams and committees. The monument
was designed to occupy an axial position in the tunnel
approach but is no longer in its original position.
Listing NGR: SJ3260988433
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