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Mighty Mersey

A couple of shots looking across the Mersey River from just in front of the Birkenhead Tunnel Ventilation Station, towards the world-famous Liverpool waterfront:

© Mark Simms Photography (2014)

Riverside

Here is another shot of the Birkenhead Tunnel Ventilation Station, showing just how close it stands to the edge of the River Mersey:

© Mark Simms Photography (2014)

If you’ve seen my previous posts, here and here, then you’ll understand where I’m coming from with these shots. The Birkenhead Tunnel Ventilation Station does have a Cathedral like quality and stands opposite Liverpool’s two Cathedrals, one Catholic and one Anglican, which you can just see on the other side of the Mersey on the horizon:

© Mark Simms Photography (2014)

Form And Function

Following on from my post the other day, here are a few more shots of the Art Deco Ventilation Station for the Birkenhead Tunnel:

Mersey Tunnel, Ventilation Station, Birkenhead, Wirral, England

Monuments of Industry

This monumental Art Deco style building is one of the ventilation stations for the Birkenhead Tunnel that runs under the River Mersey linking Wirral with Liverpool. The building dates from 1925-34 and houses giant fans that are used to provide fresh air for the tunnel and its branches. It’s main tower is an impressive 210 feet high and it stands in a prominent position right on the river’s edge.

Thank goodness that civil engineers and architects back in the inter-war years cared just as much about form as they did function: