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The Thames Tunnel. Report of the court of directors and of M.J. Brunel, Esq. the engineer of the Thames Tunnel Company, upon the state of the works, the completion of the tunnel, the probable amount of tolls, and the plan for raising money for the purposes of the undertaking, under the authority of the Act of Parliament recently passed. With the resolutions passed at a special general assembly on the 11th day of June, 1828.
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THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY
The Thames Tunnel. Report of the court of directors and of M.J. Brunel, Esq. the engineer of the Thames Tunnel Company, upon the state of the works, the completion of the tunnel, the probable amount of tolls, and the plan for raising money for the purposes of the undertaking, under the authority of the Act of Parliament recently passed. With the resolutions passed at a special general assembly on the 11th day of June, 1828.
London (Place), H. Teape and Son, printers,, [1828].
15, [1] p. ; 21.1 cm. (8º)
The Thames Tunnel Company had been formed in 1824 and work had commenced in the following year. The work was interrupted in January 1828 when the tunnel under construction flooded and funds had run out. Work was not to recommence until 1835 (with completion of the project in 1843) but 1828 saw a flurry of reports and activities and a renewed effort to accumulate the necessary funds to proceed.
Copy Notes Soane received the present pamphlet and further material relating to the renewed resolutions (q.v.) with a lithographically printed invitation to invest in the Company's debentures signed in MS. by James Bandinel, Honorary Secretary, 29 July 1828. (Archives 7/L/13/1).
Binding Original printed pink paper wrappers reading as above.
Reference Number 5852
Additional Names Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard (1769--1849); Public Local & Personal Acts. 1824. 5 Geo.IV.156; Bandinel, James (1783--1849)
The Thames Tunnel. Report of the court of directors and of M.J. Brunel, Esq. the engineer of the Thames Tunnel Company, upon the state of the works, the completion of the tunnel, the probable amount of tolls, and the plan for raising money for the purposes of the undertaking, under the authority of the Act of Parliament recently passed. With the resolutions passed at a special general assembly on the 11th day of June, 1828.
London (Place), H. Teape and Son, printers,, [1828].
15, [1] p. ; 21.1 cm. (8º)
The Thames Tunnel Company had been formed in 1824 and work had commenced in the following year. The work was interrupted in January 1828 when the tunnel under construction flooded and funds had run out. Work was not to recommence until 1835 (with completion of the project in 1843) but 1828 saw a flurry of reports and activities and a renewed effort to accumulate the necessary funds to proceed.
Copy Notes Soane received the present pamphlet and further material relating to the renewed resolutions (q.v.) with a lithographically printed invitation to invest in the Company's debentures signed in MS. by James Bandinel, Honorary Secretary, 29 July 1828. (Archives 7/L/13/1).
Binding Original printed pink paper wrappers reading as above.
Reference Number 5852
Additional Names Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard (1769--1849); Public Local & Personal Acts. 1824. 5 Geo.IV.156; Bandinel, James (1783--1849)