Tower Hill Tunnel (London)
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The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, close — as the name suggests — to the Tower of London. Its alignment runs between Tower Hill on the north side of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street) to the south. Its innovative method of construction provided the template for the construction in 1890 of the City & South London Railway, the first of London's "Tube" railways.
The tunnel is called a subway according to normal British usage, indicating a tunnel for pedestrians, and not to the American English usage, equivalent to underground rapid transit.
It is sometimes cited as world's first underground tube railway, though not the first underground railway. However, since it operated over a very short distance using a single car moved by a stationary engine, it may be more accurate to call it a horizontal lift.
The tunnel is called a subway according to normal British usage, indicating a tunnel for pedestrians, and not to the American English usage, equivalent to underground rapid transit.
It is sometimes cited as world's first underground tube railway, though not the first underground railway. However, since it operated over a very short distance using a single car moved by a stationary engine, it may be more accurate to call it a horizontal lift.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Subway
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°30'30"N -0°4'44"E
- Former RAF Tempsford 75 km
- former RAF Kimbolton 93 km
- Former RAF Chelveston 95 km
- Former RAF Chelveston - Main runway 95 km
- Former Runway 12-30 98 km
- Former RAF Upwood 105 km
- Former RAF Glatton 109 km
- Former RAF Polebrook 110 km
- Former RAF Grafton Underwood 110 km
- Former RAF Harrington 115 km
- St. George in the East 1.1 km
- Tabard Gardens Estate 1.2 km
- Wapping 1.4 km
- Bermondsey Spa 1.4 km
- Newington 1.6 km
- Bermondsey 1.8 km
- Central London 2.9 km
- Tower Hamlets Council 3.2 km
- Southwark Council 4.8 km
- Lambeth Council 5.9 km