The Failed Thames Tunnels
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2022
- This week we explore the story pf the two attempts to tunnel under the Thames, that failed! Its the turn of the 1800's and tunnel builders of the world are finding their way with al kinds of transportation ideas. At the forefront it seems Trevithick was often there... but building a Tunnel?
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Pictures: Stated within video
Underlying research from various sources but a significant amount from: Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers. Vol.1. 1500 - 1830. Sir Alec Skempton.
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Rebecca walking away in the background is actually quite funny.
There's a drinking game in this vid.....down a shot every time you spot Rebecca.
@@swoop1352 Thought she might have gone up the Ladder, or in the speed boat
@@swoop1352 I was drunk 2 minutes in :D
Came to say the same 👍
Spot the Becca game 😁
We thinking 🤔 same
I'm nearly 3 minutes into the video and already spending more time playing "spot the redhead" than paying attention to the tunnels. Have to watch this one twice.
LOL love the drive by cameos
I liked the bits where Rebecca kept popping up .
Spent all day watching these videos, it's more than just facinating. It's about preserving the fantastic engineering
Rebecca in the background made me watch twice to catch all her appearances, another brilliant video 😁
LOVED this one. For several reasons! 😃
Rebecca is now multi role, figuration in the background, cameraman, and Director ... ;-)
Very interesting Paul. You do the research, and all the legwork, and filming, I'll keep lapping it up ole sausage!
Another really fascinating video . Never knew there were those attempts to tunnel under the Thames..Thank you as always.. no need to be so shy Rebecca we spotted your hair in the background!
hello Paul and Rebecca , cool video as always , really well done and thank you guys , oooo so close to going down lol , 😊
Another good video thanks. First time watching a video with no comments and no views
Excellent walking around from Rebecca!
That was very well done. I never knew about this Thames tunnel attempt until now. Looking forward to more on this subject. And Paul, glad you didn't slide into the Thames. Stay dry.
Always look forward to these informative vids 👍 Thank you
Rebecca didn't exactly have a speaking part, but did make a valid contribution 🤣
Was that her walking past at 58sec? lol
@@Seansmit23 hahah I think so
Walking away a couple of times, and sitting on the steps behind Paul on another occasion.
Yet another brilliant video. Today we take tunnels pretty much for granted. It's when we look towards the early years of tunnel engineering and the failed attempts that we realise they are incredible they really are.
Oh why didn’t he land on his bum? I’m one who would laugh my head off. I really did enjoy this video. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Love the outtake at the end, really enjoyed the video. Would had through Trevithick would had got the job done and build a tunnel but it one of those close but no cigar kind of endings
I think Marc Brunel had problems with the Northern Shore under the thames
Ended up watching twice as I was concentrating on looking for the next Rebecca appearance the first time. Love your humour.
Interesting stuff. Looking forward to your coverage of Marc Brunel 's tunnel. A word of warning however, exercise caution when in London, you may have a stalker.
Love Rebecca's appearances in the background!!!
What an interesting video. You always bring us something fresh and enjoyable. So thank you.
Brilliant video , especially about Trevithick's attempt he seemed so near yet so far , there again the Tower subway seems to get forgotten about.
Nice video again Paul, lots of information, love it...chris
Brilliant video and very fascinating to hear about the tunnel that Trevithick attempted to buld across the thames. The outtake at the end was quite funny. :)
Nearly stacked it
It's amazing they got as far as they did without something like Greathead Shield used by Brunel to build the successful tunnel.
Yup, sheer determination and a cash incentive I feel!
Another great video , Thank-you for the effort you put into giving us great content to watch , and best of luck to you both in the future of you’re channel; best of luck to everyone as well , take care all 👍👍👍
Not the obvious place for you to explore even failed tunnels, but it made it even more interresting.
Fascinating. Never knew anything about these failed attempts. So does this mean that there is an abandoned driftway, presumably lined with timber and filled with Thames sludge, like some WW1 trench tunnel, waiting to be discovered, one distant day in the future, when the Thames has either dried up, or changed it's course? And that discovery will be met with incomprehension- "why dig this far, and then just stop?- our distant ancestors were mad!"
Did Marc Brunel use bits of it
@@highpath4776 can't think how. Different tunnelling method altogether. Plus, the drift would have been completely flooded in a fairly short time after it's abandonment.
From the map, it looks like Brunel's tunnel was slightly to the west.
Another interesting little story, you seem to be jumping around with your content, to keep us all guessing I presume? I'll look forward to see where you take us next Sunday.
Hi there, awesome tubes. But why is Rebecca hiding in the background. This channel needed both of you.
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Agreed
Interesting little video thanks Paul and Rebecca
Excellent stuff, Paul. That must have been a lot of research…
Have you realised there was a redhead that kept following you? 😜
Nice one Team. 😉👍
You just gotta love the human spirit, hmm, I think I can build a tunnel under this river. 🤔 Funny we don't have an elevator to the space station yet, we better get started. 😊
Amazing.
Interesting and well researched as always!
Great video about some tunnels that I had no prior knowledge of.
Thank you for that. 👍👍👍
Great Stuff as always guys!! Hope your both well. Thank You!!
* you're *
And foot tunnels as well as road and rail.
Thank you
Fascinating stuff - thank you.
Good video. Look forward to the next tunnel video!
Very, very interesting information. Loved the video!
Superb
Cheers Hedley
Great cameo appearances by Rebecca 🤣🤣🤣
Same problems as they have now when it came to the tube tunnels, the land under the Thames isnt just clay, its a band of clay with a band of shale and some sand, with very little rock, its a nightmare and the boring machines they had to invent to finally achieve dry tunnels is a testament to the brilliance of the engineers of those times.
Couldn't agree more.
I'm impressed you pronounced the name correctly.
Unfinished London did these as well but not in as much detail. Well done, and say hi Rebecca once you're talking to each other again.
Seen them all but don't recall that. Can you remind me which episode?
6:35 - Chinook!
Thanks for this - really interesting.
Can you imagine finding a way into that original tunnel and pumping it out, would be amazing. Did I see the distinctive hair of Rebecca go the other way? An Easter egg sir?, after all, your 3rd person view camera was not floating, love it lol. The end proved my hypothesis ;)
So this is could be considered Unfinished London?
Jay! Paul was in your territory again!!!
I think it definitely could!
Very surreal with a Rebecca scooting by in the opposite direction at the start 🤔 Interesting subject, thanks folks.
0:58 Is that Rebecca walking in the opposite direction?
No it’s Geoff Marshall in a wig
Same person at 0:07
@@marksmith334 😆
I think it's the only way she can get any sort of air time!
Having seen the out-take, I think it is.
great vid makes ya wonder what if they had have worked
Brill, full of stuff that I've never heard of. :)
Great stuff this! and news to me.
Clay is not load bearing, which is why you normally dig tunnels that have weight (like a large river) on top of them! Water will find any and every flaw underneath it (which is why coal mines in a lot of places need pumps) and will flood out tunnels and shafts!!!
Oh dear lord - London! Get better soon, hope you've both recovered. 🤪
Looks like you were both in a playful mood for this one.... 😊😊
1803 was when my local tramway opened, Carmarthenshire Tramway. Coal and iron ore to down the valley in Llanelli. Much still visible. Became the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway most of it about sixty years later. Interesting history. Horse drawn wagons on strange rails.
Great video!
Love the Rebecca cameo’s! (On purpose?)
Can't miss several Rebecca's
I don't understand why did Trevithick get fired? (amazing channel)
very interesting - I only knew Brunels tunnel before!
* Brunel's *
Looks like you are stepping on Unfinished London's toes. Time for a crossover with Jay Foreman?
Brilliant! How did you discover the exact position of the shafts etc? Good research clearly!
Two tunnel attempts that I knew nothing about, so thank you.
Basically we didn't. The main clues where newspaper articles where they stated 315ft inland and the Horseferry Steps. That's pretty much all we had to go with
Very interesting video as always very professionally presented. If you come across a copy of Brunel's Kingdom by John Christopher it's worth picking it up, it tells the story of his works starting with the Rotherhithe tunnel. Lots of good info.
Good luck from Spain!!
Great Video guys as always very interesting. All the best Deano und Fan Club in Hamburg Germany.
Moin Moin!
@@JP_TaVeryMuch moin moin J p
I wished you 2 had said you were coming my way - you could've popped in for a tea!
I think that it's illegal to use Trevithick's name without mentioning that he is the inventor of the steam locomotive, not some other bloke at the other end of the country either.
Love tunnels, me so it was good to have more info on these. Thanks.
One more thing: you see what you've started here? A good half of the comments were about her Ladyship. A good percentage of which say the very same thing. Do people not read the comments?
O4:00 Jesus, very Clockwork Orange 2022 - quiver! 😁
A really interesting video. Thanks. Watch out for that flame-haired mermaid who seems to be stalking you.
Nice story Paul . Whats Rebecca doing sneaking around in the background , your hair colour is a giveaway :-)
5:12 your search term was 'Thames' !? I hope the document group was specific. I know of a Trevithick from Cornwall, too.
Did not about either of these attempts. Thankyou
I like being able to follow along on Google maps.
There's a few red heads in London on that day... 🤔😏
Do we get bonus points for noticing Rebecca in the background several times? 🤔😁
Well of course
Local Area see you found the sandy bit of foreshore
So, in theory at least, the tunnel is still there. Interesting.
my part of the world.[was] if you look hard enough theres parts of london[under] that lots of people dont know.it there,
Before the outtake I had noticed (Stan Lee/Hitchcock) the extra a couple of times.
Of course I'm bias as I like London stuff and I've stood on that very shore line, but interesting content nevertheless! More! (I am available as general dogsbody if req)
An indirect tribute to Bernard Cribbins ? - " Hole in the ground" . RIP.
Also why is Rebecca hiding ? Only three glimpses. - We was robbed ! chuckle.
It seems very strange to see Paul walking around London instead of the countryside but still a good video. I knew of some of the ideas proposed for building a Thames tunnel but never knew that anyone had actually tried before Brunel's father. Finding sand was a surprise at the time, but modern geology shows that the Thames has meandered in it's course; creating sand banks and deposits of muck here and there. Now if somebody can build a tunnel allowing 747s or at least 727s to pull up under downtown London from Heathrow that would be a feat worth talking about!
There aren't many 727s or 747s left, A380s and A321s maybe.
@@gordanmilne7034 True, the last commercial flight of a 727 was three years ago and it has been replaced by the 757. The 747 is the benchmark for large aircraft and the Boeing Dream liners and Airbus 380s are simply improved 747s.
Best be careful in 'That London', Paul: You've acquired a weird stalker!
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Love the cameos, but trying to work out who the jogger is at 0:46 - don’t think it’s Geoff Marshall, although that would be brilliant!
Too much beard for it to be Geoff, but it would have been an excellent cameo if it were him!
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If Rebecca subscribed to your patreon, would she get more air time?
Have you ever considered a collab with youtuber Jago Hazzard from Tales from the Tube?
He's funny he is. Trains that go nowhere. 🤓
🙏🙏
Brunell son is at kensal green go there next bud I love my history
Beware the red headed stalker.🙃
I understand making comments on your videos, helps with your You Tube statistics, so I thought I'd write a comment to help with this!
I understand that me replying to such comments also helps, so hey, here we both are.
@@pwhitewick It's just that I'm getting bored at saying how good your videos are, and I like Rebecca's red hair (even if the roots are showing) so I can't say anything nasty about that.
5:32 How is there sand on the banks of the Thames when usually it would be mud?
Playing "Where's Wally" with Rebecca in each scene! -PS when you were countring steps and looking for stairs... did you allow for the river changes resulting from the installation of the Victorian Sewers, narrowing of the Thames etc?
Was that Rebecca walking past you 2 or 3 times & sitting on the steps behind you??? 🤔🚂🚂🚂