The tunnelling shield was brought in for work once the ... The final construction was completed by 1842 and the Thames Tunnel was officially opened on March 25, 1843. Measuring 396m in length ...

The Thames Tunnel was built between 1825 and 1843 ... the tunnel was built using an innovative tunnelling shield. The shield functions as a way to protect labourers undertaking the digging.

A guide to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, London's new supersewer. Tell me, in 50 words or fewer, what this supersewer is? It's a huge new interceptor sewer, directly under the Thames. The existing ...

Later tunnels under the Thames improved upon this ... used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel. TMBs have a function similar to the tunneling shield, but in this case, a mechanical spinning ...

King Charles has told workers at the Thames Tideway ... The tunnel is 7.2m in diameter, the equivalent of three London double-decker buses, and needed four giant tunnelling machines to excavate ...

The tunnel is 7.2m in diameter, the equivalent of three London double-decker buses, and needed four giant tunnelling machines to excavate the main pipe. During his visit, Charles met poet Dorothea ...