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The Epic Struggle to Tunnel Under the Thames

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The Epic Struggle to Tunnel Under the Thames - by Mike Dash/ Past Imperfect Blog/ Smithsonian.com

No one had tunneled under a major river before Marc Brunel began a shaft below London's fiver in the 1820's

Interesting synopsis of a major engineering feat.

Richard
 
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