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London Railways 1897
Edward Allhusen
Publisher: OLD HOUSE
Publication Date: 27/06/2007
Format: Book
Mapping the past
Of all the great innovations of the 19th century, it was perhaps the railways that contributed most to the advancement of people’s lives. In London, new railways ran to the docks, where ships discharged never-before-seen raw materials from an empire that spanned the globe. The goods were dispersed by rail all over the country as London established itself as the world’s greatest commercial centre, and for the first time people could live in the healthier suburbs and travel by train into the city to work.
The Victorians were passionate about building railways, and this detailed map demonstrates exactly what they achieved: outlying towns that have long been swallowed up by the metropolis were connected to the great terminuses by remarkable engineering feats involving tunnels, cuttings, embankments, bridges and viaducts, and the finest railway network in the world was established and maintained – at a time when you could set your clock by the sound of a passing steam train.
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