Designed by Alexander Binnie, an engineer who was also responsible for the Blackwall Tunnel and Vauxhall Bridge, the Greenwich foot tunnel connects Greenwich on the south bank to the Isle of Dogs across the water.
[ I interrupt this blog entry to reflect for a moment on Binnie’s achievement. It’s a quite remarkable individual contribution to the city of London to have created three different Thames crossings – a bridge, a foot tunnel and a tunnel for traffic. He certainly left his mark on the capital.]
Completed in 1902, itis open 24 hours a day, is 370 metres long and 3 metres in diameter.
Its a strange silent world down there in the tunnel, but worth experiencing at least once. And the best pictures of Greenwich are to be had from across the river.
The Greenwich
Stairway to the bottom
Looking up
Overhead, the underside of the steps above
Warning signs
Tunnel vision
Along the bottom
The missing Joy Division album
Approaching the Isle of Dogs
Fresh air, arriving on the Isle of Dogs
Exotic plants on the north bank