The Thames Cable Tunnel, also known as the Tilbury – Gravesend Cable Tunnel, is a tunnel carrying high-voltage electrical transmission lines beneath the...
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many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in...
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west of Tilbury has 27 tunnels, six public ferries, one cable car link, and one ford. From end to end a channel of the Thames can be seen, mostly its...
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The Dartford Cable Tunnel is a 2.4 km utility tunnel beneath the Thames, upstream of the Dartford Crossing. With a diameter of ~3 m (10 ft), it carries...
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400 kV power lines also cross the Thames at the Thames Cable Tunnel, the Dartford Cable Tunnel, and the London Power Tunnels. There was at one time an earlier...
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Tunnel is a road tunnel, planned to open on 7 April 2025, beneath the River Thames in east London, England. The 1.4 km (0.87 miles) twin-bore tunnel runs...
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pp. A14. Retrieved 17 November 2021. THAMES TUNNEL (3115m) Haswell, C.K. (December 1969). "Thames Cable Tunnel". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil...
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cable car, also known as the Dangleway and officially as the IFS Cloud Cable Car for sponsorship reasons, is a cable car link across the River Thames...
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Dartford Crossing (redirect from Dartford Tunnel)
It consists of two bored tunnels and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. The only fixed road crossing of the Thames east of Greater London, it...
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Tower Subway (redirect from London Hydraulic Power Company tunnel)
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street)...
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ducts The Dartford Cable Tunnel allows high voltage electricity line to cross the River Thames.[citation needed] The Utility Tunnels in Qatar built on...
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consequently escaped the effects of the flood. Dartford Cable Tunnel Foreshore of the River Thames List of locations in the Port of London List of rivers...
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underground powerline river crossings. Tunnels under the River Thames, from east to west are: Thames Cable Tunnel, between Tilbury and Gravesend, commissioned...
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The Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel, also known as the Severn Cable Tunnel, carries high-voltage (400 kV) electricity transmission lines beneath the estuaries...
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The River Medway Cable Tunnels are a pair of tunnels carrying high-voltage electricity transmission lines beneath the lower River Medway between the Isle...
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Square in Wapping, passing beneath the River Thames downstream of Tower Bridge. The tunnel carries cables operating at a voltage of 132 kV with a capacity...
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from one end of the tunnel to the other. Fawley Power Station River Medway cable tunnels Thames cable tunnel Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel Ian, West. "Geology...
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Tideway (redirect from Thames Tideway)
Dome, London Riverside and Thames Barrier. Dartford Crossing including two Dartford Tunnels (1963 and 1980) and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge...
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power or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment. Secret tunnels are built for military purposes...
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Thames Water Ring Main is a notable large-scale water supply infrastructure, comprising 80 kilometres of wide-bore water-carrying tunnels. The Thames...
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60 km of new deep-level tunnels carrying high-voltage cables. The new network of tunnels replaces a series of ageing power cables, most of which were buried...
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Claydon Aust South Gloucestershire Melksham Cable sealing end compound for underground Severn-Wye cable tunnel Newhouse Axminster Devon Exeter Code 4YA Chickerell...
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Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) undersea railway tunnel, opened...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (section Thames Tunnel)
assisting his father in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river (the River Thames) and the development of the SS Great Britain, the first...
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Cable transport is a broad class of transport modes that have cables. They transport passengers and goods, often in vehicles called cable cars. The cable...
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1 km) in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell, passing under the River Thames. The diameter of the tunnels restricted the size...
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Woolwich Ferry (category River Thames ferries)
a parallel foot tunnel and the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich Arsenal station. Alternatives such as the Thames Gateway Bridge and...
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Greenwich Peninsula (category Districts of London on the River Thames)
Square and Green Place. Transport for London constructed a cable car over the River Thames just before the 2012 Summer Olympics began. This runs from...
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the gates in underspill Thames Barrier Pier 6 Gate in maintenance Maintenance closeup Pier closeup Tunnel underneath the Thames Barrier between piers Aerial...
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the fifth-longest UK rail tunnel, after the High Speed 1 tunnels for the Thames Estuary and English Channel, the Severn Tunnel on the Great Western Main...
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