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Inside the Thames Tunnel in the mid-19th century. The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping.It measures 35 ft (11 m) wide by 20 ft (6.1 m) high and is 1,300 ft (400 m) long, running at a depth of 75 ft (23 m) below the river surface measured at high tide.
The Engine House [2] was designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel to be part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel. It held steam-powered pumps used to extract water from the tunnel. It was originally used as a boiler house during the construction of the Thames Tunnel between 1825 and 1843. [3]
In June 1824 the Thames Tunnel Company was incorporated by royal assent. The tunnel was intended for horse-drawn traffic. [13] A diagram of the tunnelling shield used to construct the Thames Tunnel. Work began in February 1825, by sinking a 50-foot-diameter (15 m) vertical shaft on the Rotherhithe bank. This was done by constructing a 50-foot ...
The Thames Tideway Tunnel, due for completion in 2025, will be a 25 km (16 mi) long tunnel running mostly under the tidal section of the River Thames through central London to capture, store and convey almost all the raw sewage and rainwater that currently overflows into the river.
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In 1868 authority was obtained in the Tower Subway Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. viii) for a tunnel under the Thames between Great Tower Hill and Pickle Herring Stairs near Vine Street (now Vine Lane), [6] [3] [7] but there was a delay finding a contractor due to recent experiences with the Thames Tunnel until his former pupil James Henry ...
Thames Tunnel: Railway: 396: 433: Built by Marc Brunel and originally opened as a pedestrian link between Rotherhithe and Wapping, taken over by the East London Railway and now part of the London Overground: 1843: London Thames–Lea water main tunnel Water 30,577 33,440 Water from the Thames at Sunbury to Chingford reservoirs 1959 London
The Rotherhithe entrance of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, 1909. The Rotherhithe Tunnel, designated the A101, is a road tunnel under the River Thames in East London, connecting Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets north of the river to Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark south of the river.