Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 5153 'Small Coal'

'Small Coal'

Two views of the Thames Tunnel

a waitress hands a chop on a dish to an alderman on the left

looking across the Serpentine towards Hornsey

View of shop fronts with figures on Aldersgate Street

Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 5153 'Small Coal'Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. View showing the tunnel under construction and the diving bell which was used. The spire of St Mary, Rotherhithe can be seen in the distance. 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,