But for the past ten years, construction has been going on to get the 16-mile super sewer ready to carry human waste and rainwater in the new Thames Tideway Tunnel. Most of us rarely think about ...

The Thames then was an open sewer as the drainage system in London was primitive or non-existent. The tunnel flooded regularly and men died. Work was abandoned for seven years; it finally opened ...

The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (LTVCA) says flooding is possible over the next several days. A flood watch is in effect until Tuesday, March 11. Officials say municipalities ...

After 10 years of construction work, the last of the 21 connections of the Thames Tideway Tunnel was made to the city's Victorian sewage system. The 16-mile (25km) pipe will divert 34 of the most ...

In what has been described by National Highways as “the most significant road project in a generation”, the crossing will include a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, which would be the UK’s longest ...

However, the River Thames contained a lot of sewage and ... was a further problem with water constantly entering and flooding the tunnel. On one occasion Isambard Kingdom Brunel himself was ...

In what has been described by National Highways as “the most significant road project in a generation”, the crossing will include a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, which would be the UK’s ...

The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (LTVCA) says flooding is possible over the next several days. A flood watch is in effect until next Tuesday, March 11. Officials say municipalities, ...