The Thames Tunnel , [1827?]
- Title(s):
- The Thames Tunnel : open to the public every day (Sundays excepted) from eight in the morning, until eight in the evening.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : Teape & Son, printers, Tower Hill, [1827?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet : illustrations ; 32 x 28 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2015 3vYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12467633
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Chrimes, M. Triumphant bore, ff. 61, 86
Includes three wood-engraved figures: "No. 1 shows a transverse section of the Thames, and beneath it a longitudinal section of the Tunnel, as it will be when completed; with the ascents in the inclinations in which they will be finished. No. 2 shows the two arched entrances of the Tunnel from the shaft. No. 3 is a representation of the iron shield, and shows a workman in each of the compartments."
Includes one map (12 x 16 cm): Plan of the roads and main objects on the eastern part of London, as connected with the tunnel excavating under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping, projected by M.I. Brunel, C.E.F.R.S., 1827. - Subject Terms:
- London (England) -- Maps.Thames River (England) -- Views.Thames Tunnel (London, England)Thames Tunnel (London, England) -- Maps.Tunnels -- England -- London.
- Form/Genre:
- Broadsides.
Maps.
Wood engravings -- 1827. - Export:
- XML