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The tunnel was authorised by the Thames Tunnel (Rotherhithe and Ratcliff) Act 1900. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, the engineer for LCC, it copied closely the Blackwall Tunnel; however it is of larger diameter. At the time of its construction, the tunnel was said to be "the largest subaqueous tunnel in existence". [1]
Rotherhithe Tunnel Road tunnel, pedestrian tunnel: Rotherhithe, Limehouse: 12 Jun 1908: A101 road: The chief engineer was Maurice Fitzmaurice. Thames Tunnel Railway tunnel: Wapping, Rotherhithe: 1843: East London line, London Overground: Marc Brunel. The world's first underwater tunnel, now part of the Overground network. Originally a foot tunnel.
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.
This sought public opinion on the preferred option of a moveable bridge, alongside alternatives including a tunnel but also an enhanced river ferry crossing. Public response to the consultation was in support of the crossing, with 93 per cent supporting proposals for any type of new crossing between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, and 85% ...
The world's first underwater tunnel, linking Wapping to Rotherhithe. Originally designed as a road tunnel for horse-drawn traffic, the necessary access ramps were never built and it was opened as a pedestrian tunnel. It was converted to a rail tunnel, reopening in 1869 and becoming part of the London Overground network in 2010.
Access to London from the A2 across the River Thames was improved with the completion of Tower Bridge (1894), Blackwall Tunnel (1897) and the Rotherhithe Tunnel (1908). The road was given the reference A2 within the Great Britain road numbering scheme in the 1920s.
1908 – Rotherhithe Tunnel opens under the River Thames between Limehouse and Rotherhithe.
The companies reused the Thames Tunnel, built by Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel between 1825 and 1843 for horse-drawn carriages. The tunnel, with generous headroom and two carriageways separated by arches, connected Wapping on the north bank of the Thames with Rotherhithe on the south bank. A triumph of civil engineering, it was a commercial ...