THE THAMES TUNNEL
Sir-The first tunnel under the Thames was built by Mare Isambard Brunel, a civil engineer famed also for the introduction of mass _ production methods at Chatham Dockyard. The Thames Tunnel was not-a_ railway tunnel. ; Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the son of Mare Isambard Brunel, and is the engineer referred to by "A Student of Railways." He was responsible for the adoption of the broad gauge by the Great Western Railway, and was the designer of the ill-fated steamship Great Eastern.
J. W.
SUTHERLAND
(Thames).
Sir,-Your correspondent "A ‘Student of Railways" contends that H. Samber’s education on engineering matters has been sadly neglected. He is not alone
in that hapless position for "A Student of Railways" wrongfully states that Brunel’s famous Saltash bridge crosses the River Tavy. The bridge crosses the River Tamar, the Tavy being a distant tributary of the Tamar adjacent to the home town of
A PLYMOUTHIAN
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 651, 21 December 1951, Page 5
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153THE THAMES TUNNEL New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 651, 21 December 1951, Page 5
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