| Friends of Williamson's Tunnels | ||||
| Contact: | Secretary | Year formed: 1996 | ||
| Address: | 15-17, Chatham Place Liverpool Merseyside L7 3HD | |||
| Email: | info [at] williamsontunnels.com | Membership: 1100 | ||
| Website: | https://www.williamsontunnels.com | |||
| Facebook: | Not supplied | |||
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| Area of interest: | Location and excavation of the Williamson's Tunnel, Liverpool | |||
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| Classes of membership: | Individual £5. Concession £3.50. Family £7.50. Overseas £10.00 | |||
| Publications: | Members' newsletter The Mole, published twice a year. | |||
| Archive collection: | By enquiry to the society | |||
| Artefact collection: | By enquiry to the society | |||
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Enquiries to the society | |||
| Current projects: | Ongoing projects to excavate two major sections of the Williamson Tunnels network | |||
| Publicity: | Website plus information booklets, video and DVD. | |||
| Services: | Illustrated talks, tours of the tunnels for members and special interest groups. | |||
The Williamson Tunnels are a labyrinth of tunnels and underground caverns under the Edge Hill district of Liverpool in north-west England. They were built in the first few decades of the l800s under the control of a retired tobacco merchant called Joseph Williamson. The purpose of their construction was to give jobs to unemployed men. Although some of the tunnels have been lost over the years, a lot of them still exist today, under what is now a residential area. The tunnels are cut in Triassic sandstone. The photograph shows 'Friends' digging out one of the vaulted tunnels. |
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Last updated: 21/02/2022 |
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