Tower Subway
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tower-subway-208-2908715
title:
Tower Subway
text:
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane on the south. In 1869 a 1,340-foot-long (410 m) circular tunnel was dug through the London clay using a cast iron circular shield independently invented and built by James Henry Greathead, similar to an idea that had been not received a patent in 1864, nor built by Peter W. Barlow. A 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway was laid in the tunnel and from August
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tunnel beneath the River Thames in Central London, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Subway
date created:
2003-10-17T09:56:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:42:32Z
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image:
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13
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