Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' and the 'cut and cover' method, and is 4.860 feet (1,481 metres) in length. The photograph shows the construction of the tunnel. Caroline's Miscellany and Ian Visits have both walked the tunnel so we don't have to.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Rotherhithe Tunnel
This tunnel, constructed by the London County Council, was opened by H.R.H. T...
This tunnel, constructed by the London County Council was opened by H.R.H. th...
{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:} Rotherhithe Tunn...
Rotherhithe Tunnel The cast steel segments of which this arch is built formed...
Rotherhithe Tunnel commenced in 1904 and opened in 1908 by His Royal Highness...
Watson Strother was born on 13 February 1902. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1902 in the South Shields Registration District, Durham and he was the eldest of the three children of J...
Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in 1892, with his assistant Tom Bates, he built the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine. Died Walth...
Civil engineer. Born in Leicester. 1902 formed the firm Mott, Hay and Anderson. His many projects include extending the Central London Railway, the building of escalators on the London Underground ...
Junior Assistant 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park...
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a niche although it was intended to be on a plinth.
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