Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London St Paul's Wharf with Conduit Street

with Conduit Street

flames and smoke pouring from the crater

The chain of his watch is just visible attached to his waistcoat

The cliffs are unstable and landslides therefore unpredictable

Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London St Paul's Wharf with Conduit StreetConstruction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. View showing the tunnel under construction and the diving bell which was used. The spire of St Mary, Rotherhithe can be seen in the distance. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel designed the tunnel,