Isambard Kingdom Brunel1836
Brunel begins sinking exploratory shafts to examine the geology along the proposed route through Box Hill.
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Brunel begins sinking exploratory shafts to examine the geology along the proposed route through Box Hill.
Work begins on Box Tunnel through Box Hill for the Great Western Railway.
Difficult rock strata and heavy water ingress delay excavation, with less than half of the tunnel completed.
The opposing tunnel workings meet with an alignment error of less than two inches and construction is completed.
Box Tunnel opens as the longest railway tunnel in the world at the time.
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