The Greenwich Foot Tunnel and the Woolwich Foot Tunnel offer a handy (if not slightly creepy) way of crossing beneath the River Thames on foot.
In this video, we'll be looking at the history behind these two Thames tunnels, including why they were built, their appearances in film and television, the ghosts and mysteries associated with them and more...
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:20 The Rotherhithe Tunnel
02:12 Early Thames Foot Tunnels
05:15 The Greenwich Potter's Ferry
06:25 Will Crooks
08:44 The Greenwich Foot Tunnel
13:05 The Woolwich Foot Tunnel
19:26 Outro
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Links for this video:
Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels official website
https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200259/transport_and_travel/693/foot_tunnels
The Woolwich Foot Tunnel Time Anomaly
https://portalsoflondon.com/2017/07/02/the-woolwich-anomaly/
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Credits
Special thanks to channel viewer S Coltrane for informing me about the 'Fox' filming location!
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Images:
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge: Kenneth Yarham (Creative Commons)
Isle of Dogs Maps: openstreetmap.org
Poplar Workhouse: Peter Higginbotham, workhouses.org.uk
Tunnel plan: A London Inheritance
Historical images: https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/greenwich-foot-tunnel/
southlondonclub.co.uk
Tunnel Entrance illustration: London Illustrated News, 1902
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