Show GREAT TUNNEL OPENED I rany a Bertish tIsh worker shelled and unskIlled has had a job I the construction uchon of the longest and largest under under- under rater ater tunnel m in the world driven under the RIVer 1 Mersey sey to connect the I cItIes of LIverpool and Birkenhead which was opened to traffic a afew afew few days ago The The new tunnel IS named m in honor of Queen Mary lary and was formally fO many opened by King George who threw a swItch of I gold whIch caused electric motors to toll 1011 back a huge curtain from flom the mouth of the gi gleat eat tube IS h to 0 and seventh one mIles long and 44 feet m en mI diameter accommodating four lines of traffIc It has been under nine years and cost approxImately It is nearly half a mIle longer than the great Holland tunnel under the Hudson RIver whIch connects New York YOlk and New Jersey Speaking of the construction of Su Sir BasIl Mott L chIef engIneer of the paId a genelous to AmerIcan engineering skIll when he saId We Ve owe much to ex- ex experience gamed gained by the AmerIcans m in building the Holland tunnel I I I I |