The Mersey Tunnel Liverpool, Queensway.

            The photograph was taken from the Liverpool entrance going towards Birkenhead.

The Mersey Tunnel under the River Mersey, between Liverpool and Birkenhead, was begun in December 1925 and opened by King George V., 18th July 1934. 
Length, 2.13 miles. 
Cost £7,077,800.

Arms : Or masoned sable, a pellet; on a chief gules a cormorant between two estoiles of the field.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, Two lions salient respectant gules holding between their forepaws a wheel Or.
Supporters: On the dexter side a representation of Apollo and on the sinister side a representation of Pluto, both proper.

The arms were officially granted on August 14, 1952.

Title means 'and they were holding out their hands (with a love for the further shore)', and is from Virgil's Aenid, Book VI. The last line is also an allusion to Book VI.

ref: 1803 - 11th July 2022
kit used: Sony RX III

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Taken in: UK / England / Liverpool (show map)

Taken on: July 11, 2022

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Camera: Sony DSC-RX100M3, f/4.0, 1/160 sec, 25.6mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-RX100M3
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	25.6mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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