Tunnels

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Tower Subway under the Thames (1870s)

• Inside the Tower Subway
• Entrance to the Tower Subway under the Thames

Rotherhithe to Wappings Tunnel (1836)

• View of the western archway of the Tunnel, lighted by gas
• Plan of the Tunnel with reference to the main roads and objects on the eastern part of London.
• [Caisson] Construction of the vertical working shaft
• The tunneling process
• Workmen in the iron shield
• A side view of the tunneling
• Advertisement for the Thames Rotherhithe-Wapping Tunnel

Railway Tunnels

• Tunnel on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, 1831

References

Bentley, Nicholas. The Victorian Scene: 1837-1901. London: Spring Books, 1971.

Thames Tunnel Company. An explanation of the works of the tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping. London: 1836.

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Last modified 18 February 2008