The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 completely updated with new routes

completely updated with new routes

the Tower of London in the South East and the Thames in the South West

Crowd of skaters are shown enjoying themselves on the frozen Serpentine

A crowd gathered around an East End stationer and newsagents window where the latest edition of the Illustrated Police News has been displayed

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 completely updated with new routesCompleting the railway tunnel under Praed Street, Paddington. From a series of 64 photographs taken in the late 1860s by Henry Flather to document the construction of the railway from Paddington to Blackfriars via Kensington, Westminster and the new Victoria Embankment. Construction was by the 'cut and cover' method used to build the first underground railways before the development of the tunneling shield by James Henry Greathead . The first