View of the shield used in the construction of the Thames Tunnel, London India The west side of St

The west side of St Alfege

View of Temple Bar during Queen Victoria's visit to the City of London in 1837

and the City's arms in a laurel wreath

The Balloon Kettle

View of the shield used in the construction of the Thames Tunnel, London India The west side of StView of the shield used in the construction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1835. 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, and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was site engineer.