Ref NoLDGSL/442
TitleSection of the Rotherhithe to Limehouse Tunnel [Thames Archway]
Date[1808]
LevelFile
Extent1 ms sheet
FormatMap/section
Description[Leonard HORNER], coloured drawing of a section of the strata of the Rotherhithe to Limehouse Tunnel, with notes, analysing the geology of the intended course of the tunnel below the Thames which was being constructed by the Thames Archway Company, [1808].
Administrative HistoryThe Thames Archway, a tunnel intended to connect Rotherhithe and Limehouse, was proposed by Robert Vazie in 1802 with work starting in 1805 overseen by the Thames Archway Company. Work was abandoned in 1808 (Vazie was fired in 1807 and replaced by Richard Trevithick) due to lack of funds and the unstable geological strata of the tunnelling site.
ProvenancePresented by Leonard Horner, 6 May 1808.
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LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialSee also LDGSL/441, and the report on the progress of the tunnel QP Misc 63.
Publication NoteSee: Farey, J. "On the intended Thames Archway between Rotherhithe and Limehouse", 'Philosophical Magazine', vol 33 (1809), p372-383.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
TermTunnels
Underwater tunnels
Previous referenceLDGSL 442
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/164HORNER; Leonard (1785-1864); factory inspector, geologist, and educationist1785-1864
DS/UK/523VAZIE; Robert (b.1758); civil engineerb.1758
DS/UK/9FAREY; John (1766-1826); geologist and surveyor1766-1826
Places
CodePlaceName
NA243Rotherhithe
NA231Greater London
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