Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames

Men working in dark conditions, topless due to the temperature in the eighties. Excavating the clay soil at the rate of about five feet per day. Temporary tram lines were set up with iron trucks, transporting bags of cement, water and baulks of timber to the Greatend shield at the head of the tunnel, when emptied the trucks where loaded with soil to be removed

Burrowing Constructed Crosses Digging Emptying Excavate Excavating L.c.c Pick Removal Removing Rotherhithe Soil Topless Transporting Tunnels Workmen

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