Brunel's tunnel ... : ... and where it led

This book relates the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Thames Tunnel. It was the first tunnel known to have been constructed underneath a navigable river. Running from Rotherhithe to Wapping (not to be confused with the Rotherhithe Tunnel), it had a very troubled and lengthy period of construction. Flooding which led to deaths and injuries, strikes, financial problems, and Brunel's own ill health, resulted in many delays. Boring of the tunnel began in 1825 and it opened to pedestrian traffic in 1843. Today the tunnel is ued by trains on the London Overground network. The book provides a chronology of the tunnel and briefly explains the stages of its construction. It was produced in association with the Brunel Exhibition Project, which was formed in 1973 to provide recogniton of Brunel's achievement.