Thames Tunnel, Stepney
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Title
Thames Tunnel, Stepney
Thames Tunnel, Stepney
Reference
p5410062 (Collage 22404)
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London Metropolitan Archives: Main Print Collection
Description
Interior view of the Thames Tunnel, with figures walking through. 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.
Interior view of the Thames Tunnel, with figures walking through. 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.
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