Thames Tunnel, London Finish:Float frame South west view of St

South west view of St Mary

carriages and carts crossing

A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table

View of the inner courtyard at Somerset House

View of the Mercers' Chapel and Hall

Thames Tunnel, London Finish:Float frame South west view of StThames Tunnel, London, 1827. Four views of the Thames Tunnel, showing a general view and section, along with sections showing construction workers and a carriage travelling through the tunnel. 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,