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hi all,
have just joined your site following a web search on liverpool tunnels, i have it on fairly good authority that there used to be tunnels linking the womens hosp ,the southern ,myrtle st and the ENT hospital, this would be in the late 50s early 60s, does anyone have any recollections of these?
thanks in anticipation
ian
I have heard that tunnels connected some of the hospitals with a small railtrack to send hospital laundry to the main laundry room at the Royal?
There is a lot of fascinating material about Joseph Williamson in chapters 9 and 10 of 'Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonegenarian' (1863) which may be read and downloaded here-
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21324...-h/21324-h.htm
Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls-
http://www.chesterwalls.info
The Liverpool Gallery-
http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/liverpool.html
The Chester Shop
http://www.thechestershop.com
Chester & Liverpool Guided Walks
http://www.chesterwalls.info/guidedwalks.html
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Most hospitals have service tunnels for heating/maintenance. It's possible that those hospitals you mentioned were linked. The womens hospital was, back then, on Catherine Street wasn't it? It's now Agnes Jones halls of residence. ENT I'm guessing is the Symphony building, and then there was the maternity hospital behind. They may well have been linked, possibly all fed from one boiler house.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
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Came accross this thread by accident.
Thought you might like to know.
There is a deep well like entrance in Mossley Hill at the back Linwood House.Used to belong to the Holts of Sudley house.The tunnel shaft goes straight down and is about 6 ft in Diameter.It has thick Iron railings over it put there years ago and the last owner put rather placed an iron plate over it.The grass has grown around it quite high and it is now hard to spot.
The owner of the property (20 yrs ago) said that it was connected to garston docks !!! and was a smuggling tunnel that the Holts (shipping) family used.I dont know how true this is but it IS there.The house is being renovated after sitting empty for a number of years and it might be worthwhile someone going along and asking some questions if thats you thing.
Ah, on the corner of Park Avenue. That's one hell of a distance from Garston Docks but I think i'll have a shufty all the same. Thanks.
Last edited by Waterways; 05-21-2008 at 04:39 PM.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
I'll bring me ladder and drop a paper chase in case I get lost.
Have contacted the developer - see if I get anything from them.
There are certainly a number of tunnels under Queen Buildings/Queen Avenue at the other end of Castle St - they are contemporary with the building and I have been led to believe they were built by French POW's (Napoleonic). Most of them have been bricked up now, but some are still accessible through a door in the arcade - you would have to get permission from Bruntwood (who own the building) and arrange for someone to show you around.
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