Mersey Tunnel Act 1949
WHEREAS by the Mersey Tunnel Act 1925 the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of Liverpool and the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Birkenhead (hereinafter respectively referred to as "the Liverpool Corporation" and "the Birkenhead Corporation" and collectively as "the corporations") were authorised to construct a tunnel for vehicular and pedestrian traffic under the river Mersey between the city of Liverpool and the county borough of Birkenhead:

And whereas by the Mer...