The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-04-06
WHOLE NO. 3O27.
THE LIVERPOOL TUNNEL.

EXtract OF letter to the editor of the PbiIa-
fi' Uazette, dated London, January, 1881.
h ,h Sieal Liverpool Tunnel, which is said to
- sO't III the world, is in all respects
agiiirceht WORK. 1t commences short dis
lance from the north corner If tho &C..
DocK' and runs under the town of I,ivernooI
many terminating al Edge Hill, distance Of
more than mile and quarter This snbter-
ianean passage Is very wide and spacious. and
cannot IAN TO inspire the visitor with tba most
Impressive admiration for an achievement that
Woulo' out lew years since, have been con-
IT, J ds tls most chlmerical of all projects.
! me deep and heavy rumblnr of carriaSos !.
distinctly heard, as they are 6urrieJ ,iops, 1ho
pussy pavements overhead teeminq with liz I'D
enterprise; and as you advance. Won zoe ,,,int-
ca on the wall, the names of several s,reo4s
1nder which the line passes at various Jonths
from the surface. The sides and roof of Tho
vault nave been white-washed, and the vhoIe
uestlb 1a,G TO De sPlendidly illuminated with
gas, Whep the day i. perfectly clear IN
nght may be diseerned az ihe ,oeyly,o, VIZ ny
Edge hill, when more than a mile distant II
mas Inc same appearance as that of the upper
hemisphere of the moon, seen through Thin
mass OF feecy clouds. When the work reaches
lis completion, it will constitute one of the most
splendid promenades that can we'll be IMAGINED.
out at the present no other accommodation is
enjoyed by the pedestrian, than the dim and
struggling light afforded by two or three
torches.
1t seemed to me a matter of some SUNRISE.
now such an extraordinary excavation could be
ELECTED. was informed by one of the Drec-
tors, that the first shaft was commenced in
1917, and the operations continued with scsrce
an InlermIsslon, night or day, until the work
was completed. Nearly two thirds of the Tun-
mel was performed through solid rock so
tnat upwards OF one hundred and fifty thousand
tons OF free stone were removed. whic1,
served admirably for building, and many other
purposes. The pick-axe, hammer, wedge. and
gunpowder, were the principal agents emplov-
ed, IN thus forcing this ponderous thorourhfare
through the bowels the EARTH Several shafts
were opened at the average distance of five
hundred yards; and such was the precision
with which the workmen approached each 9th
er, that they seldom varied mora than an inch
at the point of junction.
Passengers destined for Manchester renair IN
the grand area at Edge Hill, from which Mace
the rail way coaches set Off took nv Scat in
one OF these vehicles and rapidly dccended an
inclined plane, leading through the small TIM
mel, which is about three hundred Yards in
length, principally cut through solid rock. and
Illuminated with double row oflamps. The car
RACES are variously constructed, and are quite
unique in their appearance, although utility
rather than elegance, seems to have been the
object of the builders. The men are divided
into three compartments, some of which ara
tasteiully lined with CLOTH and each compart
ment is sufficiently large for the convenience
of two persons. The carriages and coaches are
six or seven, in number; and the whole Joined
travelling R RRHf fPf essEkng spec
icoclty' and drawn only by single engine
found 1t highly Necessary to purchase ticket
a long time preyAus to the time of startioT ~
1 should otherwis'have infalbly been p,oyon "
ed from procurlnga seat One hundred ond
thirty passengers emprise the stipulated mn pl,
Dot Una. can pc accommodated at timer ,be
thcarragcs set out TI ;ne
the complete nuper of na-Sdngers seven
hundred and eight-thers kfe yet scores of
people who arc obged diurnally to depart dis
amounted,