However, the River Thames contained a lot of sewage and many workmen working underground collapsed from ... and flooding the tunnel. On one occasion Isambard Kingdom Brunel himself was caught ...

Preventing the tunnel ... Brunel was knighted for his efforts by Queen Victoria, who was impressed by the engineering feat, in 1841. The final construction was completed by 1842 and the Thames ...

Engineer Marc Isambard Brunel built the world’s first underwater tunnel, the Thames Tunnel, not his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Getty) On Monday we reported the efforts of Rachel Reeves ...

Victoria Rance, who lives close to the A102 in Greenwich, said that the tunnel should be repurposed so that it can only be used by bikes and buses. “I feel it will be repurposed at some point in the ...

Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World, Marc Brunel's tunnel under the Thames opened as a public walkway in 1843.Thames Tunnel peep show, 1843 Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World ...

From particle accelerators to portals through Switzerland's famous Alps, today's tunnels built with advanced Tunnel Boring Machines make Brunel's original London Thames tunnel seem tiny by comparison.

Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World, Marc Brunel's tunnel under the Thames opened as a public walkway in 1843.Thames Tunnel peep show, 1843 Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World ...