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1. The works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company.
	The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company was founded in 1864. The company contributed to the first cross-channel telegraph link and the...

2. The shield and face in the western archway.
	The shield and face in the western archway of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel. The tunnel was constructed from mortared brickwork using a shield which...

3. Tower Bridge under construction in 1890.
	Tower Bridge was opened in 1894, after 8 years of construction. Two massive piers had to be sunk into the river bed to support the construction, and...

4. View of the Boatbuilding Company's works, East Greenwich.
	The innovative 'National Company for Boat Building by Machinery' tried but failed to produce 6,000 boats a year, all to a standard pattern. They were...

5. Woolwich Foot Tunnel: the northern entrance.
	The northern entrance shaft to the Woolwich Foot Tunnel in North Woolwich. This was conceived as a back up to the nearby Woolwich Free Ferry, which...

6. The construction of the Thames Tunnel.
	This print illustrates a section through the Rotherhithe shaft showing the drainage cistern and the shield used during the construction of the Thames...

7. Section of the Blackwall tunnel.
	When the tunnel was opened on 22 May 1897 it was the longest underwater tunnel in the world. Several of the huge framing sections were assembled at...

8. Digging the Thames Tunnel.
	The Thames Tunnel, built by Marc Brunel, was the first underwater thoroughfare in the world. It was a triumph of ingenuity and perseverance in the...

9. A transverse section through the tunnel showing the brickwork and the strata beneath the river.
	The brick tunnel structure has a rectangular outer profile and twin side-by-side horseshoe inner tunnel profiles linked horizontally by brick lined...

10. Dock gates for the Regent's Canal.
	The Regent's Canal and Dock Company was formed in 1812 for building and maintaining a canal between the Grand Junction Canal Terminus at Paddington...


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