OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY DAT ( Sundays excepted) from Seven in the Morning, until Eight in the Evenly 



THE THAMES TUNNEL. 



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near to Rotli i 



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to the London- 



Docks. The nearest land- 



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 go the lower road, 

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Dooks relative to the 

 'J unni I may he had at the 

 works. 



The Public may view the 

 Tunnel every dav (Sundays 

 excepted) from Seven in the 

 morning until Eight in the 

 Evening, upon payment of 

 One Shilling each Person. 



The extreme northern 

 end of the Tunnel is for the 

 present secured by a strong 

 wall; but visitors will find 

 a div, warm, and gravelled 

 promenade, as far as to 

 almost the centre of the 

 river, and brilliantly lighted 

 with oil gas. 



The entrance is from 

 Rotherhilhe Street, and by 

 a safe, commodious, and 

 easy stair case. 



Figure 22. — Broadside published after commencement of work on the Thames Tunnel, 1827. 



(MHT collections.) 



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