Thames Tunnel peep show, 1843 Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World, Marc Brunel's pioneering tunnel under the Thames opened as a public walkway in 1843.

On March 25, 1843, the Thames Tunnel was thrown open to public pedestrians. The result of a decades-long project, the tunnel was the first to be built under a navigable river.

The experience of walking a workig railway tunnel. Image (C) Tim Sandle. The experience of walking a workig railway tunnel. Image (C) Tim Sandle. Buried underneath the River Thames is the world ...

March 25, 1843, the first tunnel constructed under a river was opened to the (paying) public. After eighteen years of work, the 1,300 feet long Thames Tunnel was finally finished.

The tunnel, completed in 1843, is 1,300ft long and runs 75ft under the Thames. An underground work walks along the tunnel, which was originally designed to take horse-drawn carriages ...

A Victorian tunnel under the River Thames, which was hailed in its day as the eighth wonder of the world, has opened to the public for two days for the first time in 145 years.

Designed by Brunel's father, Marc, work on the Thames Tunnel began in 1825. When it was completed in 1843, it became a major tourist attraction, with millions of people paying to walk through it.

The Thames Tunnel was completed in 1843, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his father Marc. ... Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828.

The previous Thames Tunnel had attracted millions of visitors after opening in 1843 as a pedestrian tunnel, but in 1869, that tunnel was running freight under the river, according to The Brunel ...

Thames Tunnel peep show, 1843 Heralded as the Eighth Wonder of the World, Marc Brunel's pioneering tunnel under the Thames opened as a public walkway in 1843.