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The Williamson Tunnels are a series of extensive subterranean excavations in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, England. They are thought to have been created under the direction of tobacco merchant, landowner and philanthropist Joseph Williamson between 1810 and 1840. Although popularly described as "tunnels", the majority comprise brick or ...
Longest road tunnel in UK: 1934: Merseyside: Victoria Tunnel & Waterloo Tunnel: Railway: 3,254: 3,559: The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels - 2,475 metres (2,707 yd) and 862 metres (943 yd) - form a single tunnel divided by an air shaft, and having different names on each side of the shaft: 1849: Merseyside: Wapping Tunnel: Railway: 2,030: 2,220
South Heighton is famous for its secret tunnels, built and used for defence during the Second World War, which lie underneath most of the village, [3] [4] with the main entrance at Denton House. In 1998, when work finished on the conversion of Denton House into flats and of the surrounding area into houses, the road was called Forward Close ...
Plans have been revealed for what promises to be London’s most spectacular underground tourist attraction ever: a $268 million transformation of a mile-long series of World War II tunnels into a ...
Many villages on the southern coast of England have a local legend of a smugglers' tunnel; the entrances to most of the actual smuggler's tunnels have been lost or bricked up. Some tunnel stories turn out to be very plausible, such as the tunnel at Hayle in Cornwall which really does seem to have been built specifically for smuggling.
The Thames Tideway Tunnel, due for completion in 2025, will be a deep tunnel 25 km (16 mi) long, 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.
The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in the world. The tunnels are used for road vehicles, pedestrians, Underground and railway lines and utilities.
The hidden tunnel network extended for about 160 feet and had five different rooms. Some of the hidden tunnels at the 800-year-old home. Uncover more archaeological finds