Picture No | 10057522 |
Date | 1865 |
Description | Building underground railway in London, 1865 |
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Building the Metropolitan underground railway in London from Farringdon to Finsbury Square using the 'cut-and-cover' method whereby a trench is turned into a tunnel.
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Source | Engraving in 'Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung', 21 October 1865, page 289 and also in Louis Figuier, Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science : les Voies Ferrees |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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