The History of The London Underground
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@RealEngineering 6 жыл бұрын
Hit that bell button because feck all of you have. Plz
@CHRISDABAHIA 6 жыл бұрын
Real Engineering What is the ‘Th’ames? It’s ‘T’hames - ‘T’ not ‘Th’....
@Bastogne1944 6 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if you would be able to collaborate with Jay Foreman sometime for a video, although his formatting of his content differs from yours.
@PebelWasTaken 6 жыл бұрын
How you pronounce Thames hurts me.
@Howtard 6 жыл бұрын
Hey no harm no foul, the comment shows you realized your error post recording. Frankly without re-recording entire sections of the video it would have sounded choppy to edit and came out worse for it. Probably would have taken a lot of time regardless. To anyone it's still bothering; stiff upper lip and all that. It's not a big deal.
@JYT256 6 жыл бұрын
Comments section: 50%: temz 50%: *temz but bold*
@SephirothRyu 3 жыл бұрын
Temmie?
@shifty277 6 жыл бұрын
As a Londoner I didn't want this video to end! A part 2 maybe?
@RealEngineering 6 жыл бұрын
Planning to do a video on the actual history of each line and how it was built. I’ll hopefully learn how to pronounce the Thames by then
@uss_04 6 жыл бұрын
Real Engineering How about Victorian Engineering challenges and their effects on modern day construction techniques? Infrastructure maybe?
@MonkeySuperGamer 6 жыл бұрын
I'm not a Londoner, and I didn't want this video to end!
@peterlv68 6 жыл бұрын
"The Londonist" youtube channel has great videos on the The Tube if you haven't checked them out
@kumarg4249 6 жыл бұрын
Londoner??? 😂😂
@dopamine261 6 жыл бұрын
Your channel is unique and irreplaceable never stop uploading.
@ApaceLp 6 жыл бұрын
I was expecting a video about the influence of public transport on a community, but then I realized that this is not a video from Wendover Productions. But the History of tunnel boring was interesting, too! The transition you did from cut and cover to the shield method with the story about Amsterdam was just brilliant!
@thunderb00m 6 жыл бұрын
good to know that i am not the only one who gets them mixed up every damn time.
@qwertyTRiG 6 жыл бұрын
Apace The BBC have an amazing documentary series called "The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track", which I thought was going to be about the infrastructure and logistics of the rail network. It kind of is, but it's far more about the people running it, and it's really interesting and well done.
@NaenaeGaming 6 жыл бұрын
I thought that it would be about other modes of transport
@yoironfistbro8128 5 жыл бұрын
If it was Wendover he would make particular emphasis on the Piccadilly line because it goes to Heathrow
@notgadot 9 ай бұрын
@@yoironfistbro8128 brilliant
@CaptainJdotJdot 6 жыл бұрын
Real Engineering, are you aware of the recently completed tunnel boring project in Seattle? The world's largest tunnel boring machine was used to create a tunnel wide enough for a highway along the entire length of the Seattle waterfront. It also had to be made earthquake proof, along with other unique criteria. Fascinating stuff.
@davidk1308 6 жыл бұрын
CaptainJdotJdot yeah, that's really cool.
@PrograError 6 жыл бұрын
but not as much as how the malaysians did it, they had to drill through the world's shittiest soil terrain filled with limestone caverns and heavy traffic and also the project specs of the "SMART" tunnel, which is a storm water management tunnel that's used as a by-pass in "peacetime". Also the malaysians worked with the TBM company to create the mixed density TBM. (now there are at least three variants of the TBMs, standard two and the mixed density)
@lelux97sicci 4 жыл бұрын
And yet, unluckily, still no good public transit.
@_.Infinity._ 3 жыл бұрын
I bet a lot of *BORING* work was done there.
@_JohnDoe 8 ай бұрын
The largest TBM is Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok.
@thomasgreathead4871 6 жыл бұрын
James Henry Greathead was my ancestor. You always see him overshadowed by the likes of Brunell who, although he made massive developments, resulted in the deaths of hundreds. It's nice to see him recognised for the amazing shield that he created. (I'm not biased at all)
@hey7328 6 жыл бұрын
he must have had a GREAThead haHAAA
@thomasgreathead4871 6 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHahahahaha...ha..ha... original -__-
@Eurley66 6 жыл бұрын
You must be proud to have some of his genes.
@notgadot 7 ай бұрын
@@Eurley66 Fantastic Gene
@its-eric 6 жыл бұрын
Thames- said like temms
@d_is_epikgames278 6 жыл бұрын
Eric Hogg yes the a is said like an e
@malahammer 6 жыл бұрын
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world. Laughable!
@anghinetti 6 жыл бұрын
D_is_epik games: And the s like a z....
@yayjuiws4224 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!! History and Engineering combined!!!! Just subscribed, hopefully I can support you on Patreon one day, though I am still a college student though, but maybe sharing your vids will help. Time to binge watch your videos
@uss_04 6 жыл бұрын
yay juiws Honestly, I always find the historical reasons for compromises the most fascinating part of engineering.
@israelbarker1389 6 жыл бұрын
yay juiws I've been watching his videos since his fifth video, it's definitely worth the binge!
@TheHalcyonTwilight 6 жыл бұрын
Norway also has some really interesting projects going on. They're boring tunnels to connect towns across the fjords rather than relying on bridges or ferries to reduce long-term maintenance costs and the like. Some of the tunnels are set to go deeper than the Channel Tunnel! On that note, I imagine the process of building the Underground taught the British a lot about tunnel construction that would then later serve them when working on the Channel Tunnel.
@1973Washu 6 жыл бұрын
How The London Underground Saved Society. The stations served as air raid shelters and saved countless thousands of lives in WW2.
@OnkelJajusBahn 6 жыл бұрын
Really impressive underground systhem, so much history all over. Great video.
@Studio39DesignStudio 6 жыл бұрын
no lie this is the most informative channel when it comes to engineering, very inspiring
@IlRovina 6 жыл бұрын
I'm visiting London right now and I wanted to knew more about its underground and you post this video... You're great.
@WDnarger 6 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, would be great to see more examples of historical engineering projects like this one :D
@fprintf 6 жыл бұрын
TEMZ. And I'm American and even I know how it is said over the pond.
@anghinetti 6 жыл бұрын
fprintf: Well said - even those who claim to know put s on the end rather than z.
@JohnyG29 4 жыл бұрын
@@anghinetti I'm English and the z seems wrong. I pronounce Thames "tems"
@anghinetti 4 жыл бұрын
@@JohnyG29: Well, the z isn't wrong. Used to dip my toes in the river, in front of the Tower of London when the tide was out, during the early-1950s and was Temz back then - and long before.
@iggyandangus 6 жыл бұрын
Just got to say that I love your channel and am so pleased to see that you are doing so well. Keep it up. I watch all of your videos. Cheers.
@sgbuses 6 жыл бұрын
Tunneling new subway tunnels is still a very slow and dangerous process today. The soil conditions matter too.
@mamtfasc69 6 жыл бұрын
well made indeed. I really appreciated the dedication and historical accuracy of this last video.
@burkley57 6 жыл бұрын
Great episode. Nice direction you went in and great examples too. Well curated
@CoffeeOnRails 6 жыл бұрын
As a Londoner, I find the pronunciation to Thames wrong (it's more like t-eh-mm-s) but otherwise this is possibly one of the best short videos on the Underground!
@jumesbond3006 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it’s a silent ‘h’
@jp5125 6 жыл бұрын
If it was just a silent h it would be tames, which it's not. The pronunciation makes no sense to me (as an English person from just outside London), but there are plenty of English spellings that make no sense.
@columbus8myhw 6 жыл бұрын
T-eh-mm-z
@danasp2495 6 жыл бұрын
yep, th-ay-mz is just wrong. #Ireland. Otherwise this video is amazing
@cybersaiko451 6 жыл бұрын
+J P Thames in middle English is Temese, there are MANY words in English that have changed since the transition from old to middle English, which saw dramatic changes in grammar, pronunciation and orthography. You have to remember the language is thousands of years old, and probably one of the most diverse when it comes to mixing with other languages and cultures. So it's no surprise there isn't a hard and fast rule on how to pronounce things when some words are Germanic, French, Latin, Greek etc
@katoyukimaru 6 жыл бұрын
I wanted to learn about the history of rail transport, and there you are making videos about it! Thank you!
@seaharrierfrs1 6 жыл бұрын
It'd be nice to see a video on the 'Clockwork Orange', Glasgow's Underground railway.
@LeodiAstoriaXIII 6 жыл бұрын
Those old London underground pictures are so beautiful.
@toshibavoodoo 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for great video, and love Skillshare. Hope you do a lot more with them, a great advertiser that compliments your channel.
@HotKaso 6 жыл бұрын
This is such an incredible video, such a great combination of engineering and history
@benitollan 6 жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@harrisashraff 6 жыл бұрын
Man.. I want to thank you so much.. I lost interest in engineering due to some reasons but thanks to your channel I am starting to see engineering from a different point of view... it's because of channels like you I am studying maths and physics very much to solve real world problems... once again thank you so much brother..
@notgadot 7 ай бұрын
You are welcome.
@tuckerproductions2805 6 жыл бұрын
can you do a video on CERN and the hadron collider?
@anthonycook9541 6 жыл бұрын
Love your vids so interesting and informative
@user-nz8to5kb3t 6 жыл бұрын
Anthony Cook are you traveling time or what?
@callumformby6504 6 жыл бұрын
My dad used to work building tunnels and did the Eurotunnel always thought it was interesting so this video was amazing to watch. I always remember he used to bring roman coins and Jurassic fossils which was great to see and I’ve still got them now
@joshuamcdonald7986 6 жыл бұрын
Real Engineering is definitely on the way to a million subscribers. I am surprised that he hasn't already achieved 1 million already, he deserves it from the great amount of time and research that goes into these videos. I think that KZfaq should be more dedicated to supporting channels like this rarther than putting talentless vloggers into the spot light!
@jp5125 6 жыл бұрын
Every time you say "thaymes" instead of "tems" it hurts. I thought the pronunciation of Thames was common knowledge
@mickthebull 6 жыл бұрын
J P I know im Irish and I've never heard anyone try to pronounce it like that because we don't pronounce our th's anyway so even if it was pronounced with a th we'd say temms regardless. He's overcompensating to be understood by pronouncing his th's properly but is mistaken in this case as you've said.
@mickstephenson 6 жыл бұрын
Mick the Bull also Huguenot should be pronounced hew-gah-noes not hew-gah-notts.
@jp5125 6 жыл бұрын
Mick the Bull It's an easy mistake to make, every English child asks this question growing up I'm sure. It was just a surprise after clearly a decent amount of research has gone into everything else, I guess this slipped through :P
@columbus8myhw 6 жыл бұрын
Mick the Bull -Ah, so it's a case of hypercorrection then.
@erinlee5936 6 жыл бұрын
J P it’s not. It’s a common mistake, especially those who learn American English when learning English (even as a second language). I spent 10 years pronouncing the word as “Thaymes” before learning to pronounce it properly. Believe it or not, American English is the most widely taught globally than British English. That’s why the pronunciation is not well known.
@elliott8175 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. You're videos just keep getting better. 'Great channel...
@stephenvoncrven4319 6 жыл бұрын
in Milan (italy) we still build metros with cut and hide technique, but our trains travel in very large and relatively tall tunnels (for multiple rails or installing a/c)
@jimsvideos7201 6 жыл бұрын
But did they use bricks?
@joaquinoroz7033 6 жыл бұрын
What's a brick? Does it have universal sizes?
@RealEngineering 6 жыл бұрын
God damn it Sam. Stop leaking your memes
@halfasinteresting 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah but they'd be 8½ × 4 × 2½ inches since it's the UK
@Thomas-vn6cr 6 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on Bricks and disguise it as the United States' secret airline. Also since it's the UK it's 21.59 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm.
@sebastianelytron8450 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, bricks transported with a Toyota Corolla
@Ian_climbs 6 жыл бұрын
I would’ve watched this earlier but I had practice when this was uploaded😭. Love your channel though!!
@cjsully4088 6 жыл бұрын
Loved todays video
@luizfelipesturza4163 6 жыл бұрын
I love this chanel, it's pure content
@h1017412 6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating history, thank you.
@robz7846 6 жыл бұрын
Watched this on the Lunderground!
@pscoelho 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!!
@red5t653 6 жыл бұрын
The first New York subway lines were also cut and covered, and it’s easy to tell: On most of the 1 train’s route, you can only access one platform per side of the road. Same goes for the 6. In fact, the geography of uptown New York means that the 1, 4, 5, and 6 are all above ground at 125 Street. They immediately descend back down into the ground, though, because of how low 125 Street is on the east and west ends.
@Gestaltism 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video on Brunel's tunneling project under the Thames.
@kentukyfreidcake 6 жыл бұрын
My head almost exploded with frustration at the way you pronounced Thames.
@tomscott2.0communisteditio64 6 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant video!
@nesa1126 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome episode
@MrLarrythehacker 6 жыл бұрын
I like it :) I see you wanted to specify the London Underground rather than subways in general.
@lostwizard 6 жыл бұрын
Those hollow buildings are actually there to disguise the holes that allowed the original steam engines that ran on the lines to vent their smoke without choking the passengers and probably general ventilation.
@Ethan-ik1nm 6 жыл бұрын
Great video, really informative but the Thames is pronounced 'Tems'. Anyway, I'd love to see a part 2
@BlueTorchWeddings 6 жыл бұрын
Love this Channel
@qtip6736 6 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I was wondering tough what would have been the cost for such a gaint building project, and how much would that differ in todays world. Keep up the great work!
@adamjbond 6 жыл бұрын
I will never forget the first time I tried to use the underground at night, after a DJ gig, and all I saw were fellow homeless individuals sleeping as far as the eye could see.
@oliverwilson8435 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing channel
@xXxSkyViperxXx 6 жыл бұрын
in my country, all the trains except one or a few stations are above ground. i think it has something to do with the sort of soil ground around the area not being suitable to digging some sort of subway
@HShango 6 жыл бұрын
that was so informative #LovedIt
@sjege 6 жыл бұрын
Nice reference to the noord-zuid lijn! It is almost finished!
@WASIURPA 6 жыл бұрын
3:30 just realised why north side of wapping has a tunnel called brunel brunel's famous tunnel
@TatsArc 4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Can you do more train and railway related vids.
@aldo4319 5 жыл бұрын
Royal Oak to Farringdon is not a tube line, it is Crossrail, which is part of the mainline rail network
@MrMichkov 6 жыл бұрын
Are you planning on doing the Thames Tunnel Problem video hinted at in this one? I'd love to see how they worked their way around those.
@Josh-eg7jr 6 жыл бұрын
Good to see a fellow Irish man being successful keep up the good work
@redmondohanlon4396 6 жыл бұрын
Waow the animation in this video is amazing, class video
@mattimhiyasmith 6 жыл бұрын
Surprised the euro tunnel isn't mentioned or at least how they we're able to meet together at one point from UK to France both going from opposite sides as it is a very impressive feat
@SimonYpsilon 6 жыл бұрын
Funny, Just before seeing this video I thought about how tunneling will change our life in the future. I really think that there is a lot of progress still to be made. Thank you for the upload, love your channel. :)
@Max-th8wh 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Also I was wondering when will your shirts be in stock again?
@RealEngineering 6 жыл бұрын
I’ll ask DFTBA now. Think we sold out of 3 sizes now
@constantlycurious1330 6 жыл бұрын
I visited London in 2011 and was very impressed with their public transportation. It was so easy to move around. Great video on the engineering principles--like always!
@dionemoolman 4 жыл бұрын
2:06 Well I’ve been digging my tunnel in my Minecraft world with those too, and I see no problem.
@BadIronTree 6 жыл бұрын
thanks
@SuperBlackFreak 6 жыл бұрын
We used pretty much the same "open" way of tunneling for the first tunnel lines in Berlin^^
@katiejackson3900 6 жыл бұрын
Please do a video ( or a series) on isambard kingdom Brunel and Marc Isambard Brunel
@inurear 6 жыл бұрын
Hank Green: not only a representative of Patreon, but a subscriber as well.
@thatkentishtrainguy6040 4 жыл бұрын
Royal oak to farringdon is NOT A TUBE LINE it is a railway which runs underground similar to thameslink
@issieoverhere1242 6 жыл бұрын
You really deserve the "Smooth Transition Award 2017" or STA-2017 in short.
@edwardshepherd8074 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sorry to be that guy, but, the Thames is pronounced "Tems".
@jp5125 6 жыл бұрын
Edward Shepherd it's annoying cause it's a good video, the pronunciation just made it seem a little off :(
@edwardshepherd8074 6 жыл бұрын
I still liked the video though, great video.
@dangerouslytalented 6 жыл бұрын
I have never heard it referred as anything else
@RealEngineering 6 жыл бұрын
Huh, I have always heard it pronounced as Taymes, TIL.
@samejimamamimi8644 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, don't hate, his accent is awesome
@abhishekdev258 4 жыл бұрын
In Delhi the train simply climbs out of the tunnel few meters before the river Yamuna and crosses the the river on a bridge.
@petrichors 6 жыл бұрын
thank you
@KevAlberta 6 жыл бұрын
Can you make more historic tech type videos like this one please.
@carsalesman1148 6 жыл бұрын
Can you pls keep the (old) intro like in the Video Why Build higher ? Its just so good and dose not take too long.
@mikejreading 6 жыл бұрын
Other than it being pronounced TEMS not TAMES, brilliant video and introduced me to some things I didn't know! :-)
@swagzilla3000 6 жыл бұрын
3:34 Wu tang tunneling
@tylerbrantner4026 6 жыл бұрын
swagzilla3000 I came here looking for this comment
@mrnono23 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking. Wu Tang's seminal album is secretly about tunnel building.
@utopia2112 6 жыл бұрын
In general, your videos are excellent. This one isn't well-titled, though. You start out on-topic, but half-way through, you switch to just talking about tunneling technology, which is certainly interesting enough to warrant a number of videos, but isn't really what the video title is about. BTW, have you followed the trials/travails of "Bertha" the large tunnel boring machine in Seattle? Wow, that's been quite a thing, with it breaking down shortly after launch, yet in one of the last places it could possibly be "easily" accessed for repair (through a large pit and giant crane).
@PrograError 6 жыл бұрын
well it didn't had a reverse gear did it? plus it was the cutter head that need replacing not the teeths...
@darkdancerman 6 жыл бұрын
Do more tunnel related videos!
@SuicideNeil 6 жыл бұрын
Diggy diggy... tunnel...
@cia1360 6 жыл бұрын
Elons Idea sounds great unless you live in an 2000+ years old European city with archeological excavations and WW2 bombs every 5 meters.
@thestudentofficial5483 6 жыл бұрын
Geology survey using electromagnetic waves?
@chrishall2594 6 жыл бұрын
C IA that's why America is the center of progress
@e5te118 4 жыл бұрын
Chris Hall no just that they have less history in their cities
@blackopscw7913 3 жыл бұрын
America has a lot of history in city’s EVEN IN CITYS BUILT UP IN THE CAR ERA
@agent_605 6 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just Kings Cross, there was also Euston, Paddington, Liverpool Street, Broad Street (now closed), Marylebone, Victoria, Charing Cross, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street and Moorgate as well. Also, Whitechapel is no where near Kings Cross, it was more close to Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street
@dw4467 5 жыл бұрын
Please make a video on the NY Subway!
@sgtdonagon 6 жыл бұрын
Good morning!
@user-jk2ds4lh3m 6 жыл бұрын
May I ask whats the software you use to do that sketch animation? Its so beautiful~
@Kevrek 6 жыл бұрын
Based on the title I was expecting more information on societal changes due to effect of an expanding underground rail network.
@poop-for-brains 6 жыл бұрын
"Drawing humans from our farm land existence to an ever more metropolitan life." Boy, that's one way to make enclosure sound benign, and not like it ruined the lives of millions lol.
@CV_CA 5 жыл бұрын
Stayed in a hotel overlooking King's Cross. Did not even know that place was so famous :-)
@SkateGeneva 6 жыл бұрын
You could talk about the Gotthard base tunel !
@mr_rahulbhoyate3550 5 жыл бұрын
I saw this video but detailed information given in this one
@jakescott5679 6 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video focussed on Brunel?
@stevenbanaan 6 жыл бұрын
*Sees Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel* goddamn another masterpiece he did
@LostInEchoesFin 6 жыл бұрын
Great video, just FYI the pronunciation of "Thames" is "temz". In case you're making a part 2 (which you definitely should) :)
@birchtree5884 6 жыл бұрын
Can you do one on elevated metro systems like the Vancouver SkyTrain?
@williamfall2214 6 жыл бұрын
Royal Oak to Farringdon tube line? You mean Crossrail - which isn't a tube line, it's an underground railway, not part of the tube. The Hammersmith and City line/Circle line goes between Royal Oak and Farringdon (and Crossrail does not call at the former), both of which were not dug by a TBM, but by cut and cover.
@Ashumuto 6 жыл бұрын
Since you've covered TBMs, any chance there's enough interesting information to find around about how the boring company is working to speed them up 10x+? More than their FAQ at least.
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