Elbe Tunnel (1911)

[1] On 22 July 1907 the construction, undertaken by Philipp Holzmann,[2] started to connect the quarters of St. Pauli near the Landungsbrücken and Steinwerder.

Due to the problems associated with decompression sickness, many of the men working on the Elbe tunnel were affected by what was known at the time as "Caissons Disease".

For each of the 144 musicians distributed in the two tunnel tubes, the music was displayed in real time on tablets individually controlled by a server computer.

The old tunnel has featured in several films including The Odessa File, Matchless, $, The American Friend (Der Amerikanische Freund) and Secret Agent Fireball.

The tunnel walls are decorated with glazed terra cotta ornaments displaying items related to the Elbe river.