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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Rotherhithe Tunnel → parallelTo → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Brunel Museum → dedicatedTo → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Brunel Museum → focusesOn → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Brunel Museum → associatedWith → Thames Tunnel shaft ⓘ
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Rotherhithe Peninsula → hasNearbyBridge → Brunel-designed Thames Tunnel (Rotherhithe end) ⓘ
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Rotherhithe → hasTransport → Brunel Thames Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Rotherhithe → crossRiverLink → Brunel Thames Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Thames Tunnel
Wapping station → locatedOn → Thames Tunnel ⓘ