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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD VOLUME I.
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Archibald Williams
Archibald Williams
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907
ISBN print:
978-0-7277-5090-7
Publication date:
2011
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THE THAMES TUNNEL.

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Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907.0017
  • Published:
    2011

  • The Thames Tunnel an Extraordinary Engineering Feat.

  • Marc Isambard Brunel.

  • Early Schemes for Tunnelling the Thames.

  • Brunel's Proposal.

  • A Tunnel Company formed.

  • The Shaft Caisson.

  • Sinking the Caisson.

  • Under-pinning Work.

  • Drainage.

  • The Great Shield.

  • Shield Details.

  • Method of Excavation.

  • Advancing the Shield.

  • Tunneling commences.

  • Brunel the Younger.

  • A Mistaken Policy.

  • River Bed inspected.

  • First Irruption of the River.

  • Remedial Measures.

  • The Tunnel cleared.

  • Second Irruption.

  • Funds exhausted. Tunnel bricked up.

  • Many Suggestions.

  • Government advances Money.

  • New Shield installed.

  • Further Inroads by Water.

  • Trouble given by Poisnous Gas.

  • A Curious Subsidence of Ground.

  • Communication established under the River. Brunel knighted.

  • The Tunnel opened.

  • Public Interest in the Work.

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