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'''Joseph Williamson''' was a philanthropist | '''Joseph Williamson''' was a philanthropist in early-[[19th century]] [[Liverpool]]. | ||
In [[1820]], he funded and supervised the digging of [[tunnel]]s whose purpose was unclear to his contemporaries, although they did provide employment to the poor. He seemed to have some inkling of a [[The Flux|great upcoming cataclysm]] which would somehow justify the tunnels, although he only spoke of it cryptically and evasively. | In [[1820]], he funded and supervised the digging of [[tunnel]]s whose purpose was unclear to his contemporaries, although they did provide employment to the poor. He seemed to have some inkling of a [[The Flux|great upcoming cataclysm]] which would somehow justify the tunnels, although he only spoke of it cryptically and evasively. | ||
