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They are amazing feats of civil engineering. I visited London recently and was riding on the Tube, most of the deep parts you cannot really see, but there are l
by PoachedSausage 9y ago
They are amazing feats of civil engineering. I visited London recently and was riding on the Tube, most of the deep parts you cannot really see, but there are lines that are in cuttings and there the low-level foundation, plumbing and wiring of the city can be glimpsed.
I sometimes wish I had become a civil engineer rather than electronic.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoLondon's sewers are more impressive than the Tube system. Much of the tube was built with relatively modern tunnelling technology - especially the newer lines like the Victoria and Jubilee Extension. The sewers were hand-built with late Victorian technology - i.e. brick-lined deep tunnelling - and made a huge contribution to public health. The Thames was literally full of crap until they were completed, and they made London approximately habitable, instead of the disease-infested hell hole it used to be.
- evgen 9y agoIn addition to dealing with London's sewage the Victorian sewer system also buried and redirected several of the rivers that ran through London. To complete the circle on this, the river Westbourne runs through the Sloane Square tube station in an large overhead pipe.
- PoachedSausage 9y agoIndeed, the sewers are a marvel of Victorian civil engineering, however it is difficult to explore them without wading through Fatbergs[0]. The closest you can probably find is the South Kensington Subway[1] which links the Science Museum to South Kensington Tube station and the Woolwich and Greenwich foot tunnels[2]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertopolis#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertopolis#Overview [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolwich_foot_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolwich_foot_tunnel