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	Greenwich foot tunnel
		The Greenwich foot tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich to the south with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the north.
		The tunnel is a convenient link between Greenwich town centre - the entrance is close to the preserved tea clipper Cutty Sark - and Island Gardens, a park with excellent views across the river to the former Greenwich Hospital, the Queen's House and the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
		The tunnel is classed as a public highway and therefore by law is kept open 24 hours a day.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/greenwich_foot_tunnel (358 words)

	Encyclopedia: Blackwall Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as the Blackwall Peninsula is in the London Borough of Greenwich that the River Thames circumnavigates.
		The older western tunnel, designed by Sir Alexander Binnie and built by S Pearson and Sons for the London County Council at a cost of Â£1.4 million, was opened by the Prince of Wales on 22 May 1897.
		Greenwich side entrance, with a similar Tower Hamlets side entrance visible in the distance to the right The Greenwich foot tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich to the south with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blackwall-Tunnel (1445 words)

	Greenwich foot tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cast-iron tunnel itself is 1,217 feet (370 m) long and has an internal diameter of about 9 feet (3 m).
		The northern end was damaged by bombs during World War II and the repairs include thick steel and concrete inner lining that reduce the diameter substantially for a short distance.
		The tunnel is a convenient link between Greenwich town centre — the entrance is close to the preserved tea clipper Cutty Sark — and Island Gardens, a park with excellent views across the river to the former Greenwich Hospital, the Queen's House and the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel (328 words)

	Woolwich foot tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Woolwich foot tunnel is a tunnel crossing under the River Thames in east London from Woolwich in the London Borough of Greenwich to North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham.
		The tunnel was constructed for London County Council and opened in 1912.
		In many respects it is very similar to the nearby Greenwich foot tunnel, being accessed by lifts and stairs from buildings featuring glass domes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woolwich_foot_tunnel (172 words)

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		It was unusual in that it followed early American practice of using trolleys to run up and down to the landing stage, and the landing stage would position itself on the water's edge according to to the ebb and flow of the tide.
		One of the Potters Ferry's crossed from Billingsgate St, Greenwich adjacent to the where the foot tunnel was built, to the northern shore at the approximate location of the termination of Ferry Street.
		Greenwich ferry owners were anxious for it to be taken over by the London County Council.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /davidlloyd/Greenwich.htm (2744 words)

	Greenwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greenwich (pronounced 'gren-itch' [ˈgrɛnɪtʃ], or [ˈgrɪnɪtʃ] by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the river Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich.
		Greenwich Mean Time was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by Coordinated Universal Time.
		While Greenwich no longer hosts a working astronomical observatory, a ball still drops daily to mark the exact moment of 1pm (13:00), and there is a good museum of astronomical and navigational tools.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich%2C_England (785 words)

	Greenwich - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Greenwich (pronounced "Grennitch" or "Grinnitch") is a town, now part of the southeastern suburbs of London in the London postal district SE10, on the south bank of the river Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich.
		While Greenwich no longer hosts a working astronomical observatory, a ball still drops daily to mark the exact moment of noon, and there is a good museum of astronomical and navigational tools.
		Greenwich also features the world's only museum dedicated to fans, the Fan Museum, in a Georgian townhouse at 10-12 Croom's Hill (fee payable).
	open-encyclopedia.com /Greenwich (624 words)

	The southern entrance to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. - - Port Cities
		The southern entrance to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.
		Description: The cupola at the southern end of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, which was built between 1899 and 1902 by the London County Council.
		It was the first free crossing between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs, and was much used by those who worked in the docks and the industries of the Isle of Dogs.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.5323/The-southern-entrance-to-the-Greenwich-Foot-Tunnel.html (80 words)

	The Cutty Sark, Greenwich, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1951, the boat was moved to Greenwich for the festival of Britain.
		In December 1954, the ship was finally moved to a dry dock in Greenwich, and was officially opened by the Queen as a museum in 1957.
		The tunnel was originally built to allow South Londoners to work in the docks of the Isle of Dogs, opening in 1902.
	www.mykreeve.net /london/greenwich/cutty_sark (303 words)

	Greenwich Guide - The Blackwall Tunnel
		Blackwall Tunnel is a free road tunnel under the River Thames, between Blackwall Point in East Greenwich and East India Dock Road in Poplar.
		One hundred years earlier the first bore of the tunnel was opened, on 22 May 1897, and the second bore was opened thirty years before, on 2 August 1967.
		The tunnel was in places only five feet six inches (1.67 metres) below the bed of the river, and the use of compressed air in the tunnel meant that sometimes the pressure was too much and the ceiling of the tunnel would give way.
	www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /blackwall.htm (408 words)

	Greenwich Guide - Greenwich
		The University's new Library is housed in the former Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital.
		The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and Woolwich.
		Greenwich was chosen as the site for the U.K.'s Millennium Exhibition, comprising mainly of the Millennium Dome, which closed on 31 December 2000.
	www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /greenwich.htm (445 words)

	Greenwich Marathon - sTATS
		As far as we are aware this was the first time a marathon was held in a foot tunnel.
		The tunnel is made of cast iron segments lined with concrete, faced with 200,000 white glazed tiles.
		Near the Isle of Dogs end the tunnel the tunnel narrows for 50ft, where it had to be lined, to a footway width of just over 5ft.
	homepages.tesco.net /~roger.biggs/greenwich-stats.html (682 words)

	Greenwich Foot Tunnel - The Open Guide to London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Greenwich Foot Tunnel joins Cutty Sark Gardens in Greenwich and Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets.
		Its original purpose was to allow south London residents to work in the docks on the Isle of Dogs without having to make a large detour, and it's the only tunnel under the Thames built exclusively for the use of pedestrians.
		The northern end of the tunnel is particularly restricted by re-enforcing metal plates.
	london.openguides.org /index.cgi?Greenwich_Foot_Tunnel (251 words)

	Greenwich Industrial History Society, Issue 27
		In both tunnels the technical problems of driving a horizontal shaft through mixed water-bearing strata had to be overcome by using compressed air to restrain water penetration and in addition this was partially slowed by a temporary sealing layer of clay on the river-bed.
		As recorded by the LCC the foot tunnel is 1217 ft in length external diameter 12'9", internal 11'0" and it was formed with cast-iron segments bolted together, lined with concrete and faced with white glazed tiles.
		In Greenwich Local History Library at Woodlands, comparative tunnelling methods are described in a paper read at the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1902 - see: ICE minutes for 25 March 1902 pp 1-24, from which these illustrations of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel are reproduced with due acknowledgement of library staff assistance.
	gihs.gold.ac.uk /gihs27.html (7722 words)

	Greenwich foot tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The entrance shafts at both ends lie glazed cupolas with lifts (installed in 1904 in 1992) and spiral staircases allowing pedestrians reach the sloping tile-lined tunnel at the The cast-iron tunnel itself is some 1 feet (400m) long and has an internal of about 9 feet (3m).
		The tunnel is a convenient link between Greenwich town centre - the entrance is to the preserved tea clipper Cutty Sark - and Island Gardens a park excellent views across the river to the Greenwich Hospital the Queen's House and the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
		The tunnel is classed as a public and therefore by law is kept open hours a day.
	www.freeglossary.com /Greenwich_Foot_Tunnel (662 words)

	Maritime Greenwich
		The domed brick structure is the entrance to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames to Island Gardens.
		The path, known as five foot walk, goes past the King Charles and Queen Anne blocks of the Old Royal Naval College and Grand Square with a view of the Queen's House.
		At the Grand Square is a statue of George II and a view to the Queens House and Greenwich Observatory.
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkmgreenwichroute.htm (822 words)

	Thames Foot Tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In addition to the many tunnels bored under the Thames to carry the underground railway lines, there are a small number of road and foot tunnels, the latter being covered here.
		The tunnel was never a success as access to it had to be via vertical shafts on each bank and the dark and dank conditions soon made it unpopular.
		The first is at Greenwich and was built in 1902 to connect the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich, the second at Woolwich.
	www.londonrailways.net /thames.htm (444 words)

	Greenwich Foot Tunnel, London: tourist information from TourUK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is the only Thames tunnel to be built solely for pedestrians.
		The 1,200 foot tunnel was opened in 1902 to allow labourers from south London to walk to work in Millwall Docks.
		The northern end of the tunnel on the Isle of Dogs is close to Island Gardens station on the Dockland Light Railway, from here descend by lift, or stairs, and walk under the Thames to Greenwich.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_sights/greenwichfoot1.htm (183 words)

	Greenwich Guide - The Foot Tunnel
		The Greenwich Foot Tunnel runs under the River Thames between Cutty Sark Gardens and Island Gardens, on the Isle of Dogs.
		The tunnel is lined with 200,000 glazed white tiles.
		The Woolwich Foot Tunnel, situated about three miles downstream and opened ten years later, is very similar.
	www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /tunnel.htm (156 words)

	Greenwich Foot Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Had it hit about a foot more to the left, the ball would have still been in play and Ausmus...
		Just when within safety the tunnel collapsed killing the...
		ductwork, fans and utility lines between the tunnel and the...
	greenwich-foot-tunnel.wikiverse.org (419 words)

	· Greyworld · The Layer
		The Greenwich Foot tunnel was the first installation in a public space to use the Layer system.
		A long blue carpet was installed in the dark tunnel running beneath the Thames.
		These allow both a wider range of inputs to be used, such as colour and shape, and also a wider range of expressive outputs, such as light and generative display.
	www.greyworld.org /artwork/the_layer (272 words)

	London walk - Greenwich
		Greenwich is very popular with tourists which is quite a good thing as on arrival you can just follow everyone else.
		We pressed on towards the Cutty Sark, the nineteenth century tea ship that is parked in a dry dock by the edge of the Thames and after taking in its grandeur we headed for the Greenwich/Millwall foot tunnel which crosses under the river to the Isle of Dogs.
		The tunnel is accessed through a wide shaft which contains a central lift and a footpath which coils around it.
	www.transki.co.uk /walk/green.htm (513 words)

	Greenwich Council - Travel - Walking
		Choose either one of many Greenwich Green Chain Walks or follow one of our Greenwich Millennium Heritage Trails.
		The tunnel provides a pedestrian link between Cutty Sark Gardens, in the Borough of Greenwich, and Island Gardens, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets.
		The tunnel provides a pedestrian link between Woolwich, in the Borough of Greenwich, and North Woolwich, in the Borough of Newham.
	www.greenwich.gov.uk /Greenwich/Travel/Walking.htm (201 words)

	London Leben: Greenwich Foot Tunnel
		Und da waeren dann noch zwei Tunnel fuer Fussgaenger.
		Greenwich Foot Tunnel wurde im August 1902 eroeffnet.
		Der Tunnel ist auf beiden Seiten ueber Wendeltreppen zu erreichen.
	www.londonleben.co.uk /london_leben/2004/11/greenwich_foot_.html (393 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Greenwich Foot Tunnel, running under the Thames from Greenwich to the Isle of Dogs, was opened in August 1902.
		The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is 3.5 metres in diameter and 370 metres long.
		The very first tunnel under the Thames - the first underwater tunnel in the world - was the Thames tunnel from Wapping to Rotherhithe.
	bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist6_prog12b.shtml (623 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This was a fascinating walk under the Thames in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, which we realized later as we reached the Island Gardens on the other end.
		Greenwich Park and its boundaries were our destinations for the next two days.
		Greenwich Park is the oldest of the London’s royal parks and the town centre; both lie within the World Heritage Site boundary.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep14/sh2.asp (1108 words)

	Greenwich Foot Tunnel Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.stardustmemories.com /encyclopedia/Greenwich_foot_tunnel (526 words)

	The Cutty Sark Greenwich London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Cutty Sark Entrance to Greenwich Pedestrian foot tunnel runs under the river (Center) Canary Wharf in the background.
		She is now in dry dock at Greenwich, near the Gipsy Moth IV.
		After the Second World war she again became surplus and eventually she was towed to Greenwich and placed in a specially constructed dry dock in 1954.
	www.travellondon.com /templates/attractions/TheCuttySark.html (393 words)

	Greenwich Industrial History Society, Issue 25
		Greenwich Foot Tunnel opened on 4th August 1902 (exactly 2 years after the late Queen Mother was born).
		The Foot Tunnel allowed many people from Greenwich and the isolated Isle of Dogs to cross the Thames very easily for the first time.
		By 1840 Greenwich fishermen were trying to compete with the new fishing ports on the East Coast and William, although still fishing, began to look for a new enterprise to secure his future.
	gihs.gold.ac.uk /gihs25.html (6332 words)

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