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A medallion with a relief bust of influential Conservative and promoter of the tunnel project, Sir Archibald Salvidge.

Title

Medallion Relief Bust of Sir Archibald Salvidge

Date

1950–1951

Medium

dark green Westmoreland stone

Measurements

H 65 x W 65 x D (?) cm

Accession number

CH41_RB_S021

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee

Work type

Relief

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

21st February 1951

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

signed to the left of the head: E.C.R.P

Inscription description

beneath the medallion: IN COMMEMORATION OF / ALDERMAN THE RIGHT HONOURABLE / SIR ARCHIBALD T. SALVIDGE P.C. K.B.E. / FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE MERSEY / TUNNEL JOINT COMMITTEE 1925-1928 / BY WHOSE VISION AND FAITH AND COURAGE THIS / TUNNEL WAS CONCEIVED AND CONSTRUCTED

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