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Ring Main extensions - photo gallery

To open our image slideshow, just click on any of the images below. The selected image will then be shown in full and you can navigate through the slideshow by using the forward and back arrows. To simply download the image, click on image name underneath the photograph.

  • Tunnel boring machine enters shaft at Brixton, completing the southern tunnel, August 2009

    Tunnel boring machine enters shaft at Brixton (408.08Kb)

  • Engineers celebrate following the success of tunnelling the northern Ring Main extension, May 2009

    Engineers celebrate tunnelling success (740.90Kb)

  • Engineers access the breakthrough, May 2009

    Engineers access the breakthrough (681.29Kb)

  • Tunnel boring machine enters the New River Head shaft in Islington, May 2009

    Tunnel boring machine enters shaft in Islington (741.33Kb)

  • Engineers look on as the tunnel boring machines breaks through into the New River Head shaft in Islington, May 2009

    Engineers look on as machine breaks through shaft (511.94Kb)

  • Thames Water engineers entering the New River Head shaft in Islington

    Thames Water engineers entering shaft in Islington (448.37Kb)

  • Thames Water project team following successful tunnel breakthrough into the New River Head shaft, May 2009

    Project team following successful tunnel breakthrough (741.22Kb)

  • Inside the northern extension during construction

    Inside the northern extension during construction (447.81Kb)

  • Ring Main extensions map - showing the route of the new northern and southern route

    Ring Main extensions map - new northern and southern route (164.31Kb)

  • Engineers stood inside the Ring Main

    Engineers stood inside the Ring Main (265.83Kb)

  • Cleaning the Ring Main

    Cleaning the Ring Main (474.87Kb)

  • Ring Main poster

    Ring Main poster (364.26Kb)

  • The Queen standing in front of a concrete 'ring' at the Ring Main's official opening ceremony in 1994

    The Queen at the official opening ceremony (414.74Kb)

  • The Queen at the Ring Main's official opening ceremony in 1994

    The Queen at the official opening ceremony (296.69Kb)

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