Thames Water tunnel

Title

Thames Water tunnel

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

Report on the ongoing construction of a ring main water supply tunnel for London by Thames Water. Project Manager Dr Steve Walker says it is a feat of engineering more impressive than the Channel Tunnel, interviewed down the tunnel; Thames Water Chairman Roy Watts on the cost of construction to be passed on to the customer and benefits of the new system. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Roy Watts; Steve Walker

Keywords

London; Water supply; Tunnels; Channel tunnels; Thames Water; Costs; Water companies; Tunnelling; Water-supply engineering

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