Description: PHOTO PHOTO DESCRIPTION: PHOTO (5) WAPPING STATION IN EAST LONDON OPENED IN 1869 BY THE EAST LONDON RAIL EXTRA INFOPHOTO (5) WAPPING STATION IN EAST LONDON OPENED IN 1869 BY THE EAST LONDON RAILWAY. IT IS SITUATED AT THE NORTH END OF THE THAMES TUNNEL WHICH WAS BUILD BY MARC BRUNEL AND HIS SON ISAMBARD DURING 1825 TO 1843 ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SEVEN YEAR BREAK IN CONSTRUCTION WHILE FURTHER FUNDS WERE RAISED. ALTHOUGH PLANNED AS A ROAD TUNNEL THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO BUILD THE ACCESS RAMPS SO IT REMAINED A FOOT TUNNEL WITH ACCESS BY SPIRAL STAIRCASES. THE ACCESS TO WAPPING STATION IS VIA THE NORTH ACCESS SHAFT AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL STAIRS LEADING DOWN TO THE PLATFORMS THERE IS ALSO A LIFT. IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE EAST LONDON RAILWAY IN 1865 AND OPENED AS A RAILWAY TUNNEL IN 1869 THUS PROVIDING A RAIL LINK BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH LONDON. IN 1933 THE THAMES TUNNEL BECAME PART OF THE LONDON TRANSPORT UNDERGROUND SYSTEM ALTHOUGH MAIN LINE FREIGHT TRAINS STILL USED IT UNTIL 1962; IT NOW FORMS PART OF THE LONDON OVERGROUND NETWORK AND PICTURES ON THE WALLS DEPICT THE STATION AND THE TUNNEL IN EARLIER TIMES. THIS ONE DEPICTS THE TUNNEL'S DAYS AS A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL. WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY 2015. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) RON FISHER PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES SOME CROPPING OR WHITE SPACES TOP AND BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE RATIO OF THE IMAGE REF NO RF-8663 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 x 4 inches CONDITION: SEE SCAN ABOVE WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: IMPORTANT When Buying More Than One Item use the Add To Basket Option, Adding All Your Purchases To The Basket. When You Have All Your Items in the Basket, Click the Request Total Button. Wait to Receive Your Invoice Reflecting the Correct Postage Charge Before Paying For Your Items. Unless this is done when purchasing multi item, the items will be sent seperately. If we do notice multi purchases then they will be combined but not all the postage will get refunded due to the cost of each Paypal transaction. MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
Price: 1.65 GBP
Location: Tadley
End Time: 2024-12-22T08:39:31.000Z
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Railways
Number of Items: Single
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Company/Era/Region: BR
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