Thames tunnel

Road, railroad …

London, United Kingdom

A tunnel under the Thames between Rotherhithe and Wapping, built between 1825 and 1843, a project directed by Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Traveljournal 1845

Foreword

Traveljournal 1846

Fischer inspects the atmospheric railway, 22 October 1846

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 29–31.
Howie, Will/Chrimes, Mike: Thames Tunnel to Channel Tunnel: 150 years of civil engineering. London 1987.

Cite as: Thames tunnel. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/places/gfa-places-1888, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Cross-section through the Thames tunnel with ship traffic on the Thames (engraving by Sylvester & Co., 1830)