The plaque at Rotherhite tube station marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Thames Tunnel that runs north from this station under the River Thames to Wapping station. The tunnel, the first successfull tunnel under a river anywhere in the word was constructed between 1825 and 1843 by Sir Marc Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Developments of the innovative shield method used to build the tunnel are used to construct tunnels to this day.
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The Thames Tunnel is both an "International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark" and a World Heritage Site.

<p>Photo by <a href="mailto:cmckenna@sucs.org?subject=rail-photo%20at%20railfaneurope.net">Chris McKenna</a>14/02/2006.<br>
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