On March 25, 1843, the Thames Tunnel was thrown open to public pedestrians. The result of a decades-long project, ... London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, ...

The 200-year-old plans for the world's first underwater tunnel from the family archive of legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel are tipped to sell for £100,000. The 1,300ft long Thames ...

The largest road tunnel in the UK has been given the green light - after a £9billion plan was finally approved by the government. The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which is set to run ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Thames Tunnel's magnificent chamber teemed with a million visitors in the first month after it opened in 1843, but when the tunnel converted to take trains in 1869 it lay redundant.

Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828. On this occasion 6 men killed, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, site engineer, was among others in workings at the time who ...

BBC - A History of the World - Object : Thames Tunnel model. British Broadcasting ... Constructed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom ... UK; Period. 1800 - 1900; 1828. Theme.

United Kingdom, England 28 July 2017 9:14am BST Gift this article free Copy link. twitter. facebook. whatsapp. email. The first ... The first tunnel under the Thames, built by Brunel, ...

London’s newest performance space is 191 years old. The vertical entry shaft to the Thames Tunnel at Rotherhithe was begun in 1825 by engineer Marc Brunel and the tunnel itself — the first of ...