At the mouth of every tunnel there is a small shrine to Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners. To get to the boring ...

Designed to handle storm overflows, the Thames Tideway Tunnel opened its gates today, capturing 589,000 cubic metres of sewage within 24 hours during heavy rainfall in September. The 25km ‘super ...

Along the way, sewage flows through pumping stations and underneath overground tunnel shafts. Tideway, the company behind the project before it is handed to Thames Water, said the sewers have ...

The project includes a 2.6-mile-long underground section with a pair of tunnels running beneath the Thames. Each tunnel will accommodate three lanes of traffic. The Lower Thames Crossing delivery ...

the outgoing chairman of the London super sewer project has said. Sir Neville Simms, chairman of the Thames Tideway Tunnel and a City veteran, says global investors who put money into domestic ...

(to Darren) Hello. Nice helmet. Thanks very much. Darren is project manager of the Tideway, a major infrastructure development for the Thames, which will help free the river of dirty discharges.

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The Thames Tideway Tunnel – London’s new ‘super sewer’ – is now fully connected. As we look forward to a healthier future, it’s right to reflect on how this vital project has been ...

Construction workers walk in a completed section of the main tunnel of London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel or ‘super sewer’ (Dominic Lipinski/PA) PA Archive “The public demands Thames Water and ...

They have been used to drill the Silvertown Tunnel, Crossrail, the Power Tunnels in north London and the Thames Tideway or super ... over the world and move from project to project.

It added that the Thames Tideway tunnel has prevented 6,376,450 cubic metres of sewage from entering the tidal Thames since its connection earlier this year. Thames Water believes the tunnel will ...