<P> The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel , built beneath the River Thames in London , connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping . It measures 35 feet ( 11 m ) wide by 20 feet ( 6 m ) high and is 1,300 feet ( 396 m ) long , running at a depth of 75 feet ( 23 m ) below the river surface measured at high tide . It was the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath a navigable river and was built between 1825 and 1843 using Marc Isambard Brunel 's and Thomas Cochrane 's newly invented tunnelling shield technology , by Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel . </P>
<P> The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel , built beneath the River Thames in London , connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping . It measures 35 feet ( 11 m ) wide by 20 feet ( 6 m ) high and is 1,300 feet ( 396 m ) long , running at a depth of 75 feet ( 23 m ) below the river surface measured at high tide . It was the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath a navigable river and was built between 1825 and 1843 using Marc Isambard Brunel 's and Thomas Cochrane 's newly invented tunnelling shield technology , by Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel . </P>
who designed the first tunnel under the river thames
who designed the first tunnel under the river thames
Marc Isambard Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Marc Isambard Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel