What world event took place on August 2nd, 1870 in London, England?
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2007-08-02 22:12:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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2007-08-02 22:27:14 · update #1
First tube train journey on Tower subway
It was that sucessful it closed in the November - and NOT, as in the answer of Sal*UK for mechanical reasons, it closed because it was losing money due to lack of customers.
The use as a toll tunnel only lasted 24 years, became obsolete once Tower Bridge was opened so they were closed
2007-08-02 22:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Although not strictly part of the Underground System, the Tower Subway was the world's first underground tube railway. Constructed using the revolutionary Greathead Shield invented by James Henry Greathead (used subsequently for many of the other tubes), the train (actually a single carriage) was cable operated and was effectively used as a shuttle service between the two banks of the Thames. The railway unfortunately was only open from August 2nd 1870 until November the same year due to very poor patronage.
2007-08-02 22:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first underground tube railway opened in London, it was called Tower Subway.
Opened Monday 2nd August 1870
2007-08-02 22:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by Sprinkle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first "TUBE" or deep level railway was built under the River Thames by the "Tower Subway Company".
This was a single line which ran between Great Tower Hill and Vine Street - a length of 1,350 feet.
Cable haulage powered by two 4 h.p. engines was used to operate a single car 10 feet long.
This line was formally opened on August 2nd 1870 and closed a few months later due to
mechanical problems when it was then converted into a toll subway for pedestrians.
Maybe????????
2007-08-02 22:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Tower Subway opened.
2007-08-02 22:21:05 · answer #5 · answered by ruthster74 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tower Subway (world's first tube line) opened in London
2007-08-02 22:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by Otter 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No idea, ive had a look on Wikipedia and Google and nothing coming upso i'll throw a random guess. The last beheading at the Tower of London
2007-08-02 22:21:50 · answer #7 · answered by poli_b2001 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tower subway beaneath the river thomas in central london
2007-08-02 22:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was Jack The Ripper around?
2007-08-02 22:16:59 · answer #9 · answered by angler 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋