The History of London, and Its Environs, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The History of London, and Its Environs, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing an Account of the Origin of the City, Its State Under the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans, Its Rise and Progress, to Its Present State of Commercial GreatnessHaving noticed feveral fchemesiwhich 'have been as'advantageous to thofe who have embarked their property in them, as they are fources of uiility to the'public, we mufi not wholly pafs over thofe of a different character among. Thefc hre certain attempts at the formation of roads under the Thames. The. Great dillancetwhich the inhabitants of Gravcfend and Gray's Thurrock, and the neighbouring parts, have to travel, viz. Round by London-bridge, to communicate with each other by land, gave rife, in May 1798, to the propofition for a tunnel, or arched road, under the Thames, from Gravefend, on one fide of the river, to Tilbury -fort, on the' other. For this purpofe was (con fubfcribed. The engineer propofed his arch tohc a cylinder, of 16 feet in diameter. The attempt was made but either through the 'ignorance of thofe who undertook the talk, or from other caufes, it completely failed. In the year 1805 an at was pall'ed for making other archways under the Thames, for the paffage of carriages and foot pallengers, between Rotherhithe and Limehoufe. It was intended to link a (haft on one {hore of the Thames, ' with a {team-engine, &c., And to continue the fame to afufiicient'dif'tanoc, at which to begin the tunnel in oppofite directions, riling to the fhoreof the river one way, and to a point fuificiently inland the other way, for a regular and proper afcent for carriages. This, like many other projects of the prefent'day, was undertaken by needy ad venturers on the one part, and by rich fpeculators on the other, without fu¿icient examination, and has likewife mifcarried.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.