Thames Tunnel Opening
The Thames Tunnel opening was a finale to London’s 2010 East Festival. The tunnel was only open on Friday and Saturday and was the first time pedestrians have walked the tunnel in 145 years. It was once considered the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ and half the city of London paid to walk the tunnel when it opened in 1843. The tunnel, which runs between Rotherhithe and Wapping and was built by Marc Isambard Brunel, took 18 years to dig and was the first to built underneath a navigable river. In 2010 it will reopen officially as part of the London Overground.
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this is ridiculous!!!!!!!!
thanks for sharing
Wow Ryan – Thank you for these. I will absolutely see this for myself. Great stuff. x
The photo where Amy is looking back in the crowd is enchanting!
Way to take an opportunity! The photos are amazing. So glad you two went through when it first opened.
[...] These pictures are awesome but still don’t really show how incredible it really was (pictures via One Flame In The Fire). [...]
Great pics! Some of them looks like straight out of Deus Ex, the game.
Lovely story. My great great grandfather William Bassett was clerk of works on the later Blackwall Tunnel.
marvelous thank you for sharing these photos with us