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'Trial by Battle'
A busy scene with people
including the Brunswick and the Propeller
The Duke of Wellington stands beside the King
Sisters of Mersey mb-width 2810 'Trial by Battle''Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Sir E Watkin had proposed a scheme for a Channel Tunnel but this had not been accepted. This cartoon illustrates the newly constructed Mersey Tunnel that connected Liverpool and Birkenhead. It was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 20th January 1886. It had been started in 1869. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 30, 1886.
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