The Thames Tunnel, London cultivation parade down the street on

parade down the street on horseback

Gracechurch Street

and the front page of 'The London Gazette'

People go about their business

a dandy has angered some butchers

The Thames Tunnel, London cultivation parade down the street onThe Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Views of the Thames Tunnel: top, a cross section of the tunnel with the river above; centre, a view in the tunnel and a view of the shield used in its construction; bottom, a plan of the area. 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