London Underground: How Was The World's First Subway Built? | Super Structures | Progress

Come aboard as we take a deep dive into the history and construction London's iconic underground railway system. This video explores the challenges and innovations that engineers and workers faced while building one of the world's oldest and most extensive subway systems.

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[gerry]

1:22 As an Englishman, I've never heard it called 'The Train in the Drain', its always called 'The Tube'.

[johnclayden]

FWIW Marc Isambard Brunel was French I think. His more famous son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was British and it was he who finished that first tunnel - nearly drowning after a flood.

[gregessex]

Credibility is lost when he calls concrete “cement”

[CorbyTaylor]

Wow how old is this documentary? Lol the JLE is 2 decades old now and London has a new Elizabeth line lol