Post by Nortube on Apr 3, 2013 19:24:27 GMT
From the Past O1
East London and Rotherhithe
It is proposed to purchase the Thames Tunnel, and appropriate it to railway purposes, the line to be made from the Blackwall Railway, commencing about 50 yards on the west side of Christian-street, St. Georges-in-the-East, and terminating at Rotherhithe, in the Deptford Lower-road. All the public thoroughfares are to be crossed by means of iron girder bridges, and traffic facilities are to be afforded by the South-Eastern, London and Brighton, and Blackwall Hallways to New Cross. The parliamentary estimate for constructing the line, including the purchase of the Thames Tunnel, is £300,000, with power to borrow £95,000.
from The Engineer 02.01.1863/5 at [Grace's Guide ]