London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a modern-day city with great historical significance ... of different attempts to tunnel under the Thames, including one by British ...

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 ...

The Thames then was an open sewer as the drainage system in London was primitive or non-existent. The tunnel flooded regularly and men died. Work was abandoned for seven years; it finally opened ...

Did you know you can walk right under the River Thames in Greenwich? Tucked away in plain sight, the Greenwich foot tunnel offer a hidden passage beneath the river, rich with history and even a ...