The Tower Subway was a short underground tunnel that ran beneath the River Thames in London, England, United Kingdom. It was designed to allow pedestrians to cross the river between Tower Hill on the north bank and Tooley Street on the south bank.
The Tower Subway opened to the public on August 2, 1870. It was an innovative engineering project for its time, using a cylindrical wrought-iron tube that was 7 feet in diameter to carry passengers through the tunnel. However, the project was not financially successful, and it faced various technical issues. As a result, it was later converted to carry water mains, and the pedestrian service was discontinued.
The world's first underground tube railway, commonly known as the London Underground or simply "the Tube," was the Metropolitan Railway, which opened on January 10, 1863. It operated on a steam locomotive system and ran between Paddington and Farringdon stations in London. The success of the Metropolitan Railway laid the groundwork for the development of the extensive London Underground network that exists today.
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