Sisters of Mersey mb-width 2810 The Duke of Wellington stands

The Duke of Wellington stands beside the King

Also with figures and a coach and horses

the estate at Syon was acquired after the dissolution of the monasteries by Edward Seymour

including the Brunswick and the Propeller

Sisters of Mersey mb-width 2810 The Duke of Wellington stands'Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Sir E Watkin had proposed a scheme for a Channel Tunnel but this had not been accepted. This cartoon illustrates the newly constructed Mersey Tunnel that connected Liverpool and Birkenhead. It was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 20th January 1886. It had been started in 1869. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 30, 1886.