Thames Tideway Tunnel - Transforming the ecology of London’s river
Once completed the Thames Tideway Tunnel will be Europe’s longest and deepest continuous tunnel, travelling 25km through central London to intercept untreated sewage discharges that spill into the tidal Thames and pollute the city’s iconic river. The Thames Tideway Tunnel will create a cleaner, healthier River Thames and improve the quality of life for all Londoners.
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My old granddad was one of the GLC execs at County Hall in charge of waters and sewages for London, he had the unkind nickname of "Walter Works" which led him to stop using his first name and adopting Bob but the nickname stuck until his retirement. The sewer "motorway" was a long wished for project that was always kicked down the road, I remember him taking me down to the Flood HQ in the old tram tunnel in Holborn, was so cool. I've also worked on the Kew Bridge engines back in the day with many a trip to Crossness before it got opened up to the public, Kew's 90 and 100 inch beams basically gave western London its water pressure through those two giant buckets but the 100 inch cracked its beam leaving the 90 inch to soldier on as the mainstay of water pressure for many years.
Brilliant piece of Civil Engineering.
A fantastic initiative. An investment that translates into the health of all Londoners.
A fantastic initiative. An investment that translates into the health of all Londoners. IM very impressed. The Thames' water has always inspired me. Greetings from Poland.
I used to work for CH2MHill in Sacramento as a project archaeologist
A Good Project and wish them all well.
Amazing!
In very rainy conditions all the water will go to Beckton where it will be treated before being discharged into the Thames. Human waste can still leave some viruses and toxins intact even after treatment so maybe not the best idea to spread on crops. Industrial wastes can sometimes contain heavy metals and poisonous substances if the discharge is not properly policed. In 1878 the Princess Alice sank after a collision with a Collier with the loss of 650 lives. It was unfortunate that just before the sinking, beckton works had just discharged raw sewage into the river nearby. Those that weren’t drowned immediately succumbed to various infections due to the filthy sewage in the river.
Its a great concept...the tunnel is the storage tanks so that the sewerage works dont get backed up
Amazing and complex project...The logistics are staggering...Hopefully there are videos of it's completion...
That's quite an achievement and tunneling machine!
What a great project.
interesting to see how other cities deal with this issue.
In the 1990,s Miller Tunnelling put a new storm water tunnel from , "Abby Mills pumping station to Beckton works" to allivate this very problem.
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Amazing project. But not a word about its cost!!
Chicago has a similar project. It's called the "Deep Tunnel". It works pretty good I think.
A great engineering company great job on the five billion swerage.
When your american: ITS THAMES MATE NOT TIMS TH AYYY MMMMM SSSSS
So whereabouts are you in this project? What's the update?