Thames Tunnel

E281201
engineering landmark tunnel underwater tunnel

The Thames Tunnel is the world's first underwater tunnel beneath a navigable river, an engineering landmark in London designed by Marc Isambard Brunel with crucial work by his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thames Tunnel canonical 4
Brunel Thames Tunnel 1
Thames Tunnel and Woolwich Ferry Act 1885 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering landmark ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
underwater tunnel ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1843 ⓘ
constructionMethod tunnelling shield ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1825 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crosses Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
currentUse railway tunnel ⓘ
designer Marc Isambard Brunel ⓘ
engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ
hasConstructionProblem financial difficulties ⓘ
health hazards to workers ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
hasEvent flooding incidents during construction ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Grade II* listed structure ⓘ
hasMaterial brick ⓘ
hasNumberOfBores 2 ⓘ
hasTraffic rail traffic ⓘ
hasVisitorAttraction Brunel Museum ⓘ
height 6 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Historic England ⓘ
inception 1825 ⓘ
inventedBy Marc Isambard Brunel ⓘ
isPartOf London rail infrastructure ⓘ
length 1300 feet ⓘ
396 metres ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
near Rotherhithe railway station ⓘ
surface form: Rotherhithe station

Wapping station ⓘ
notableFor world's first underwater tunnel beneath a navigable river ⓘ
openedBy Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
surface form: Prince Albert
openedDate 1843-03-25 ⓘ
operator London Overground ⓘ
originalPurpose pedestrian tunnel ⓘ
originalUse foot tunnel for pedestrians ⓘ
owner Transport for London ⓘ
partOf East London line ⓘ
runsBetween Rotherhithe ⓘ
Wapping ⓘ
significantPerson Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ
Marc Isambard Brunel ⓘ
usedBy London Overground ⓘ
wasConvertedTo railway use in the 1860s ⓘ
width 11 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel → knownFor → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Woolwich ferry → legalBasis → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
subject surface form: Woolwich Ferry
this entity surface form: Thames Tunnel and Woolwich Ferry Act 1885
Rotherhithe, London, England → connectedBy → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
subject surface form: Rotherhithe
this entity surface form: Brunel Thames Tunnel
East London line → usesInfrastructure → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Marc Isambard Brunel → notableWork → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
Marc Isambard Brunel → designed → Thames Tunnel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thames Tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping
Brunel family vault → associatedWith → Thames Tunnel ⓘ