Ventilation towers for the new Blackwall Tunnel, Poplar, London

RIBA Ref No RIBA12007

Architect/Designer	Farrell, Sir Terry (1938-)
	London County Council. Architects Department
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1967
Image Date	1970
View	Exterior
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	35mm Transparency
Library Reference	GLC11358
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Transport buildings ; Concrete ; Riverside buildings ; Chimneys ; Heating and ventilating

NOTES: The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels under the River Thames linking the East End at Blackwall, Poplar, with the Greenwich peninsula. The distinctive ventilation towers for the second eastern tunnel, which opened in 1967, were designed by Terry Farrell in 1961-1962 while he was working as an architect for the London County Council.

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