Dartford cable tunnel
| Dartford Cable Tunnel | ||||
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| use | Cable tunnel | |||
| length | 2400 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 | |||
| construction | ||||
| building-costs | £ 11 million | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | National Grid | |||
| location | ||||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| Littlebrook Power Station | 51 ° 27 ′ 56 " N , 0 ° 14 ′ 46" E | |||
| Thurrock | 51 ° 28 ′ 58 ″ N , 0 ° 16 ′ 2 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Dartford Cable Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Thames between Littlebrook Power Station in Dartford and Thurrock . The 2.4 kilometer long, three meter diameter tunnel was built between 2003 and 2004 to carry a 400 kV National Grid power line under the river. Each phase of the line consists of an XLPE-insulated high-voltage cable with a diameter of 150 mm. The line replaces an oil-insulated 275 kV line that has reached the end of its useful life and was installed under the carriageway in the Dartford road tunnel , and increases the power supply. The installation was carried out by ABB . The tunnel is accessible, but not open to the public.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ New current flows under the Thames. ABB, accessed May 26, 2013 .
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Upstream 380 kV Thames overhead line crossing |
River crossings of the Thames |
downstream Dartford Crossing |