Tower Subway (London, England)

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Coordinates

-0.078888888 -0.078888888 51.50833333 51.50833333 (gooearth )

Wikidata: Q1726282

Library of congress: sh2017003817

Sources of Information

Work cat: Barlow, P. W. On the relief of London street traffic, with a description of the Tower Subway now shortly to be executed, 1867:p. 11 (the cost of the Tower Subway is estimated at 16,000l)
Engineering timelines website, viewed June 29, 2017(the Tower Subway, under the River Thames, Tower Hill to Vine Street, London, UK; date: February 1869-7th April 1870; category: tunnel; the Tower Subway is the first iron-lined tunnel in Britain and it paved the way for the development of the London Underground; it was designed to accommodate 12-seater iron carriages for ferrying passengers through its length; a standing 4hp steam engine was installed, which operated the lift in the Tower Hill shaft and the 2ft 6in guage train using a cable haulage system connected to it)
Subterranea Britannica website, viewed June 29, 2017 :sites, underground railways and metros (site name: Tower Subway, Tooley Street, London S.E.1; Tower Hill, London E.C.3; OS Grid Ref: TQ333805; the Tower Subway consists of an iron tube, 7 feet in diameter and about 1235 feet in length, laid some 18 feet below the bed of the Thames; it runs between Great Tower Hill on the north side of the river, and Tooley Street on the south)

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