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Greenwich Foot Tunnel - This is London #14
The foot tunnel was opened in1902 and replaced an expensive an sometimes unreliable ferry service allowing workers living south of the Thames to reach their workplaces in the London docks and shipyards in or near the Isle of Dogs.
The tunnel is inclined at either end and constructed with iron rings coated with concrete and surfaced with some 200,000 white glazed tiles.
the tunnel is 1215 ft (370m) long, 50ft (15.2m) deep and an internal diameter of 9ft (2.74m).
Greenwich Foot Tunnel - This is London #14
The foot tunnel was opened in1902 and replaced an expensive an sometimes unreliable ferry service allowing workers living south of the Thames to reach their workplaces in the London docks and shipyards in or near the Isle of Dogs.
The tunnel is inclined at either end and constructed with iron rings coated with concrete and surfaced with some 200,000 white glazed tiles.
the tunnel is 1215 ft (370m) long, 50ft (15.2m) deep and an internal diameter of 9ft (2.74m).