E+T | Expert Engineering - Building the Thames Tunnel

An engineering marvel whose ingenuity can be traced back to the humble shipworm. This year sees the 200th anniversary of work beginning on the Thames Tunnel in London – the world’s first tunnel built underneath a navigable river. Built by father and son team, Marc Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, construction on the 400-metre long Thames Tunnel began in 1825 and was finished 18 years later having endured four floods, many deaths and near-bankruptcy.