Plan, sections and elevations of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-code 1239458 A chair mender carrying a

A chair mender carrying a large bundle of cane over his shoulder

with vessels on the River Thames and three men ashore working on a boat in the foreground

which he no doubt used to catch the rats

Half length portrait

The City Imperial Volunteers

Plan, sections and elevations of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-code 1239458 A chair mender carrying aPlan, sections and elevations of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1835. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel designed the tunnel, and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was site engineer.