# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 6948

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6948 "2023-07-12T20:41:11Z")

</div>

From upthread, regarding Tunnel Road Reigate (an early road tunnel; my added bold in the quote):

> [@Treppenwitz](#):
>
> The tunnel was designed by [William Constable](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG204791), who also designed the second suspension bridge built in England – over the same road, just north of Reigate. He sounds like an interesting character ( **he was also a pioneering photographer** ) but he’s a tough google, partly because William Constable is a pretty common name.

Well looky here:

> [@Earliest photo of famous person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-photo-of-famous-person/986920/8):
>
> Prince Albert had been photographed in 1842. [William Constable (1783-1861) - Prince Albert (1819-1861) (rct.uk)](https://www.rct.uk/collection/2932488/prince-albert-1819-1861)

Props to @APB for the find (even if they were looking for something else.)

j

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674)._