LONDON, England (CNN) -- As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth on the south bank of the River Thames on Thursday, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St. George had finally been realized. The Telectroscope lets Londoners and New Yorkers see each other in real time. In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope: an 11.2-meter-(37 feet) long by 3.3-meter-(11 feet) tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side via a recently completed tunnel running under the ocean. (Think 19th-century Webcam. Or maybe Victorian-age video phone.)
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Telectroscope allows Londoners, New Yorkers to see each other in real time
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Giant scope was Victorian age idea, came about when reporter made typo
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Artist St. George inspired by childhood notion of digging to other side of Earth
The Telectroscope will be on display and open to the public 24 hours a day in London and @placeholder until June 15.