LONDON, ENGLAND LONGITUDE: 0° 06' 88.99" A 540-tonne boring machine nicknamed Carla breaks through at Woolwich Arsenal after creating a tunnel 35m underneath the River Thames to link the Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich in South London. Carla cost £5 million to build, removed about 104,000 cubic metres of material, is 90m long, 6m in diameter and moves at a top speed of 3m per hour. A crew of 10 engineers operate Carla in 12-hour shifts and there is a canteen and toilet inside. CITY by David Levene. Photograph by David Levene 23 July 2027
DLR, London

DLR, London

DLR, London

David Levene
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