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English to Latvian: Brunels' tunnnel vision lives on Detailed field: History
Source text - English Brunels' tunnel vision lives on
The Thames Tunnel built by Sir Marc Brunel between 1825 and 1843 is to form part of the new £1bn East London Railway Line.
More than 160 years after it was completed, it will connect up the transport network the capital is building to prepare for the 2012 Olympics.
Running between Rotherhithe and Wapping, its quality fills modern engineers with admiration.
Brunel employed his son Isambard - aged just 19 - as resident engineer. It was their first job together, the first tunnel anywhere through soft ground under water, and the oldest tunnel on the present London Underground.
"Victorian brickwork - particularly the early brickwork - was of a tremendous standard," explains Barrie Noble, construction manager for Transport for London, who is working on the building of the new railway.
The tunnel was relined in the mid-1990s as part of a compromise after a fierce disagreement between London Underground and English Heritage. Some campaigners opposed the relining. But Mr Noble says it gave the tunnel a new lease of life.
"We don't intend to do anything to interfere with the fabric of the tunnel," he says. "Brunel and his team and his workmen were excellent."
The elder Brunel invented a tunnelling shield as a way of dealing with the waterlogged soft ground beneath the Thames - a cast iron structure that moved forward as the ground was cut, with bricklayers constructing the double tunnel behind.
Translation - Latvian Brunela tuneļa iecere joprojām dzīva
Sera Marka Brunela (Marc Brunel) no 1825. gada līdz 1843. gadam būvētais Temzas tunelis veidos daļu no jaunās 1 miljonu mārciņu vērtās Austrumlondonas dzelzceļa līnijas.
Vairāk nekā 160 gadus pēc tā pabeigšanas tunelis savienos transporta tīklu, kas tiek būvēts galvaspilsētā, gatavojoties 2012. gada olimpiskajām spēlēm.
Atrodoties starp Roterhītu (Rotherhithe) un Vapingu (Wapping), tā kvalitāte izsauc mūsdienu inženieros apbrīnu.
Brunels nodarbināja savu dēlu Isambardu (Isambard), kuram bija tikai 19 gadu, par inženiera palīgu. Tas bija viņu pirmais kopīgais darbs, pirmais jebkad izbūvētais tunelis zem ūdens un vecākais apakšzemes tunelis mūsdienu Londonā.
“Viktoriāņu laika ķieģeļu izmantošana, sevišķi agrīno laiku ķieģeļu pielietošana, bija izcila celtniecības tradīcija,” skaidro Berijs Noubls (Barrie Noble), Londonas transporta celtniecības vadītājs, kurš pašlaik strādā pie jaunas dzelzsceļa līnijas celtniecības.
Tunelis tika atjaunots 20. gs. deviņdesmito gadu vidū kā daļa no kompromisa pēc asās diskusijas starp Londonas metro operatoru London Underground un Anglijas valdības padomdevēja institūciju vēsturiskās vides aizsardzības jomā English Heritage. Daži kampaņas dalībnieki pretojās pārbūvēšanai. Tomēr misters Noubls saka, ka tādējādi tunelis ir kā dzimis no jauna.
“Mēs negrasāmies darīt neko tādu, kas liktu iejaukties tuneļa celtniecības materiālā,” viņš saka. “Brunels, viņa komanda un viņa strādnieki bija teicami.”
Brunels vecākais izgudroja tuneļa vairogu, kas turētos pret mīksto, ar ūdeni piesūkušos zemi zem Temzas – kamēr raka zemi, šī čuguna struktūra tika stumta uz priekšu un mūrnieki aiz tās būvēja tuneli.
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