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Brunel’s Thames Tunnel, between Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first tunnel to be built under a river anywhere in the world. It took eighteen years to complete and opened in 1843. It was described as the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ and introduced methods of tunnelling still used today.
12th March 2010 was the penultimate day that the public will ever be given foot-access to the Brunels’ brilliant construction. I walked it from Rotherhithe to Wapping and back, stepping over the relaid rails of the East London Line, and marvelling.
Fun ride: shopping trolley on a ramp, tied with a rope.
A unique and wonderful playground - "The idea behind this community project was to create a space where children can take controlled risks while they are playing".
Schweiz Switzerland Suisse Album www.flickr.com/photos/arjuna/sets/72157631678086521/
Zürich (französisch Zurich, italienisch Zurigo, rätoromanisch Turitg?/i, lateinisch Turicum, schweizerdeutsch Züri) ist die grösste Stadt der Schweiz und Hauptort des Kantons Zürich. Die Stadt Zürich mit ihren rund 392'000 Einwohnern ist eine politische Gemeinde, die seit 1989 mit dem Bezirk Zürich deckungsgleich ist. In der Agglomeration Zürich leben 1,112 Millionen Menschen. Die Metropolitanregion Zürich, die grosse Teile des östlichen und zentralen Schweizer Mittellandes umfasst, hat 1,66 Millionen Einwohner.
The vessels berthed at the Hermitage Community Moorings. On the extreme left is the blocked-off entrance to the old Hermitage Basin, which connected with the London (Western) Docks. Photographed from a Thames Clipper travelling from Canary Wharf to London Bridge.
This looks like I doctored it in Photoshop, but didn't. This is a photo exhibit, "I was born a Catholic" at the Wapping Project, Wapping