View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm a half crinoline

a half crinoline

The River Thames and boats are seen in the foreground

In the forground people can be seen out walking

with people and baskets

horses and coaches in the street

View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm a half crinolineView of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. 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.