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| Brief Description: Peepshow (shown flat, with slip case) which shows a section of the first tunnel to be constructed under the Thames |
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| Subject Date: 01/02/1828 |
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| Creator: S F Gouyn |
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| Owner: Jerome Farrell |
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| Contributor: C.I.P. |
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| Full Description: "A view of the tunnel under the Thames, as it will appear when completed".This peepshow (also called a "peeperama") commemorates Marc Brunel's tunnel from Wapping to Rotherhithe, which finally opened on 25 March 1843. It is now used by the East London underground line. The peepshow stores flat in a slip case with an oval vignette showing a transverse view of the tunnel arches beneath a river view. Its six panels expand to enable the viewer to see a section of the tunnel, and when closed again another oval vignette includes "a representation of the hole in the bed of the river, which innundated the works, 18 May 1827 and the manner in which it is stop'd with bags of clay &c". The expanded view shows pedestrians, horsemen and vehicles inside the tunnel. The enormous engineering feat which this tunnel represented generated a great many souvenirs, of which this is one of the earliest examples. |
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| Collection: Jerome Farrell |
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| Place: Wapping, Rotherhithe |
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| Dimensions: Height: 5736mm, Width: 3608mm |
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| Subject: Crossings, River, Thames, Tunnel, Source, Changing |
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| Content Type: Artifact |
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| Location: Hounslow library (private collection) |
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| Unique ID: tp-cp-farrell_001a-i-00-001.jpg |
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| IPR: ThamesPilot |
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Introduction
Thames Tunnel
