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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.
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.
A view across the River Thames, London, towards Tower Bridge and The Shard. Photographed from the Thames Path, off Wapping High Street E1.
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.
Also by Hartley, the architect of Albert Dock, but 10 or so year later in 1856. Very simple, very practical and very elegant IMHO.
The southern end (nearest the camera) was bombed during the war. When the warehouse was sensitively converted into apartments by Kingham Knight Associates in 1986-9, they rebuilt the south wall but left the columns to indicate how much was lost. Nice touch.