Thames Tunnel

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The Thames Tunnel is the world's first underwater tunnel beneath a navigable river, an engineering landmark in London designed by Marc Isambard Brunel with crucial work by his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering landmark
tunnel
underwater tunnel
constructionEndDate 1843
constructionMethod tunnelling shield
constructionStartDate 1825
country England
crosses River Thames
linked to: Thames
currentUse railway tunnel
designer Marc Isambard Brunel
engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel
hasConstructionProblem financial difficulties
health hazards to workers
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasEvent flooding incidents during construction
hasHeritageStatus Grade II* listed structure
hasMaterial brick
hasNumberOfBores 2
hasTraffic rail traffic
hasVisitorAttraction Brunel Museum
height 6 metres
heritageDesignationBy Historic England
inception 1825
inventedBy Marc Isambard Brunel
isPartOf London rail infrastructure
length 1300 feet
396 metres
locatedIn London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
near Rotherhithe station
Wapping station
notableFor world's first underwater tunnel beneath a navigable river
openedBy Prince Albert
openedDate 1843-03-25
operator London Overground
originalPurpose pedestrian tunnel
originalUse foot tunnel for pedestrians
owner Transport for London
partOf East London line
runsBetween Rotherhithe
Wapping
significantPerson Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Marc Isambard Brunel
usedBy London Overground
wasConvertedTo railway use in the 1860s
width 11 metres

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel knownFor Thames Tunnel
Woolwich Ferry legalBasis Thames Tunnel and Woolwich Ferry Act 1885
subject linked to: Woolwich ferry
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Rotherhithe connectedBy Brunel Thames Tunnel
subject linked to: Rotherhithe, London, England
linked to: Thames Tunnel
East London line usesInfrastructure Thames Tunnel
Marc Isambard Brunel notableWork Thames Tunnel
Marc Isambard Brunel designed Thames Tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Brunel family vault associatedWith Thames Tunnel