3of3: Exiles of Erin (Rotherhithe Navvies): Digging the Thames Tunnel

What was it like to work on this project, to endure the conditions, to dig whilst fighting for your breath?

[@manjarichatterji9349]

I know this is not the reaction you expect, but I am in tears thin king of the invisible work that props up modern life and the lives of human beings who lose their lives for it. God bless and keep you. And thanks

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Good on you for having tears in your eyes for you feel and understand the hard, difficult and very dangerous works those navigators how to endure just to make a living

[@mjh5437]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 She`s talking about how people still work in conditions like this in other countries now.

[@TS-1267]

... A Thin King Would Nearly Be Invisible Though... Don't be Too Hard on Oneself MMmmmm 😂😂😂

[@HENRYOOER]

While the fat king just watched on and did nothing

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Those men's real trade name was Navigators for they navigated their ways forward to make tunnels and channels to make life much easier for us all, Thank you Irish Navigators

[@extremedecisions2619]

Excellent description of the Tunneling Shield and the digging process, as well as the immense dangers that the workers faced.

[@uttaradit2]

incredible effort balls, brains and backbone

[@petercoleman7617]

Long live the Irish❤. They mainly built the tunnel it appears. They did the grunt work. The lead guy doing the story did an exceptional job.

[@ontheslide2339]

they definitely helped... but it wasn't 'mainly' them...

[@johnrose7491]

Those were the days.Long live the Paddies

[@vincenthigginbotham8729]

@@ontheslide2339who were the main men just a matter of interest

[@ontheslide2339]

@@vincenthigginbotham8729 about 25% of the 'navvies' were irish.. the vast majority of them were englishmen..

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

@@ontheslide2339that’s still a high percentage. I’ve got a lot of respect for the Irish, they came over and grafted, made their money and kept their streets clean. Can’t say the same about the people that replaced them.

[@jonnycarrick7552]

My dad and uncle’s and grandpa dug Kilburn and Willesden streets for years and I’m sure proud of them and all the navvis 🎉

[@uttaradit2]

top hats off 2 the navvies and Brunel's son

[@poacherjack2741]

Mayor khan,how about a monument to commemorate the hard working brave navigators? They REALLY did build london.

[@mjh5437]

Won`t happen,Mayor Khunt hates us whiteys.

[@charliejim11]

Such a good quality video. Wish more of KZbin was like this for history content. Thank you for this .

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

McAlpine's Fusiliers

[@fredericonerkis3804]

The design for the shield was inspired by Marc Brunel's observation of the shipworm “teredo navalis”, which excretes digested wood to line the walls of its self-made tunnel. I made a pilgrimage to this famous tunnel when I lived in London. A lot of men died after ingesting the filthy water. It is amazing that this first sub-aqueous tunnel is still used today as part of the London tube.

[@motorbike650]

Thankyou for your video 😢

[@brucetindal7399]

Irish shovel jockeys. The bricklayers built the tunnel

[@johndaarteest]

They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur.

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

Poor Paddy works on the railway.

[@HoneyMarketingBoard]

So next time you go through the tunnel, remember it's flooded 6 times... Got it. 😂

[@uttaradit2]

when britain was great

[@francesbernard2445]

Imagine what would happen if someone was not there to carry someone out on time. Because the person who was supposed to be doing that sort of thing since he was big enough when at work in another part time job in a "group home" instead of a "rooming house" or a "boarding house" or a "public house" in Australia instead was by surprise assaulted when trying to stop someone turining that group home into a common bawdy house instead. While not being able to find and full time job with benefits now today at age 18.

[@TS-1267]

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