{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:}
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft. This listed structure was constructed between 1904 and 1908 by the engineer Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice. The Prince of Wales opened the tunnel in 1908.
SE16, Brunel Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft
Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ra...
The building contains a staircase down to the tunnel and pedestrian footpath....
Civil engineer. Born at Clogher, near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He worke...
Reigned: 1910 - 1936. Born third in line to the throne, after his father (wh...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey...
This carved memorial shows 3 drowning men reaching up to the cross from the waves/shroud on which is inscribed the text. It was erected 2...
The round plaque above reads "London Architecture Medal, 1937, RIBA" and is normally considered sufficient advertisement of the building'...
We wouldn't normally include such a plaque but this one is very decorative.
The quotation is from the Song of Solomon, either chapter 2:17 or 4:6.
