Tunnel which passes under a sea for some portion of its extent

Pleasure seekers visiting the unfinished Thames Tunnel are drenched by the ingress of water. Aquatint by R. Cruikshank, 1830.

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Pleasure seekers visiting the unfinished Thames Tunnel are drenched by the ingress of water. Aquatint by R. Cruikshank, 1830.