Punch,  18 (1850), 110.

Prospects of the Tunnel

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Engineering, Commerce, Disease


    Reports on the dire financial state of the Thames Tunnel and notes that the decline in tolls is due to cholera, which has 'acted as a sort of general accountant employed in balancing all matters of profit and loss'.



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