Interior view of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1830. Artist: Anon

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1830. Artist: Anon

2-502-685 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1830. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel designed the tunnel, and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was site engineer.


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  1. Anon:
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  1. Isambard Kingdom Brunel: British: Engineer, designer, inventor
  2. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: British: Civil engineer

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  1. Aquatint

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World Europe United Kingdom England Thames

  1. 51 30 00 N , 000 28 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3975x2663
File Size : 31,012kb


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  1. 22409
  1. p5409952
  1. 0220007369
  1. 2-502-685
  1. 22409
  1. 2502685

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