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Birkenhead, city (1991 pop. 99,075) and port, Wirral metropolitan district, W central England, at the mouth of the Mersey River; connected with Liverpool by the Mersey tunnel. Birkenhead has extensive docks. Flour milling, shipbuilding, and commerce are the key industries. There are also engineering, food-processing and clothing plants, and a cattle market. The chief imports are grain and cattle; flour, the byproducts of milling, and machinery are exported. Milling and shipbuilding were responsible for Birkenhead's rapid growth in the 19th cent.
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