Underground Liverpool
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Queensway, River Mersey Tunnel
Main Queensway Tunnel | The Old Dock The Queensway Tunnel, was the first of two road tunnels to be built under the River Mersey, connecting Liverpool to the Wirral. The second being the newer Kingsway Tunnel, which opened in 1971.…
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River Jordan, Aigburth
In Liverpool’s historic past, there were ancient rivers, which strangely do not seem to exist anymore. However, many of these rivers still flow down to the Mersey. There existance largely hidden from view, flowing through a network of underground brick…
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The old Bank Vault
An intereresting discovery was made back in March 2019 whilst ground works were taking place at the site of the former Midland Bank, on Upper Parliament Street by Smithdown Lane and Tunnel Road. The foundations of the former bank’ were…
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Beneath Renshaw Street, Liverpool
The discovery and exploration of a long lost, little known subterranean passage and tunnel under Renshaw Street, Liverpool City Centre. Located beneath what was once a former tyre fitting garage, next door to the Dispensary Pub. This small but interesting…
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Culvert of the Ancient Garston River unearthed
During construction of the new Garston Way bypass (A561) back in the early 1980’s. An old culvert was discovered on ‘Church Road’. The discovery was made where the new Garston Way bypass bridge was being built. The culvert is thought…
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360° VR – Williamson’s Tunnels
Wine-Bins | Sandstone Arch & Gash | Banqueting Hall | New Chamber Along Side The Banqueting Hall | Paddington Williamson’s Tunnels I become fascinated with 360°, Virtual Reality Equirectangular Images. So started to dabble with the process of creating these…
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Littlewoods, Edge Lane, Air Raid Shelter
Along side the famous Littlewoods building on Edge Lane, Liverpool, hidden beneath Wavertree Botanic Park, is a secret, long lost WWII Air Raid Shelter… During WWII, Liverpool suffered greatly from bombing raids, with Liverpool being one of the most heavily…
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Miscellaneous Underground
One of my favourite subject’s has to be the challenge of underground photography. Lighting the intense darkness of our Subterranean worlds, whether natural caves or man-made tunnels and mines. Here is a small selection of images, taken in a variety…
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Waterloo & Victoria Tunnels
Victoria Tunnel | Byrum Street Cutting | Waterloo Tunnel | Riverside Station | Maps Alongside Edge Hill Station is the former Waterloo Branch line. The line ran through the “Victoria Tunnel” (1mile 947yd) with it’s Grade II Listed portal, the…
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Dingle Overhead Railway Tunnel
The Cars | Tunnel, Pre Collapse | Tunnel, Days after the Collapse | Tunnel, after Completed Repairs | Maps One of my favourite tunnels in Liverpool, has to be the only underground section of the historic Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR),…
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