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How did Brunel - era tunnellers dig the tunnel under Thames?

By Arie van den Broek 1670 days ago Replies (1)

I think this sentence says a lot:

'It was painstakingly slow and unpleasant work due to terrible air quality and ingression of filthy Thames water'.

There is a fine animation (Brunel Museum page)

https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/digging-the-tunnel/

By Arie van den Broek 1670 days ago
https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/digging-the-tunnel/

Digging the Tunnel
www.thebrunelmuseum.com

Thirty-six miners stood in individual cells inside the Tunnelling Shield. They faced a wall of wooden planks held in place by iron rods and butted up against the soil. Each miner would remove one plank at a time and dig away the soil to a depth of...