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Brunel;s Thames Tunnel talk and tour

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'Eighth Wonder of the world' 

Brunel's Tunnel was designed to move cargo under the Thames, but opened as a banquet hall, shopping arcade and underwater fairground. Now part of the London Overground, this is the oldest tunnel in the oldest metro system in the world.

Robert Hulse, Director of The Brunel Museum, tells the story of the men who worked in the dark, dodging flames and raw sewage every day to build what the Victorians called the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World'

This is part of the Illumini Event Secret Subterranean London 

Please note, a rare opportunity to actually visit the shaft of the Thames Tunnel, has also been arranged please see website, a unique opportunity not to be missed.

Saturday 11th September 10, The Basement Shoreditch Town Hall

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Classified under:
Architecture, Engineering, Family, History, Popular Culture

Speakers:
Robert Hulse

Source:
http://www.illuminievent.co.uk/illumini-2010/illumini2010-info.html (This link may be out of date because the event has passed)