Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London St Paul's Wharf and holding a number of

and holding a number of smaller baskets for measuring out the fruit

flames and smoke pouring from the crater

with the interior decorated a rich red

the hoop of a woman's skirt has caught on a hook high up in a wall

Construction of the Thames Tunnel, London St Paul's Wharf and holding a number ofConstruction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. View showing the tunnel under construction and the diving bell which was used. The spire of St Mary, Rotherhithe can be seen in the distance. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel designed the tunnel,