Constructing_the_Metropolitan_Railway.jpg
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Summary
Author |
creator QS:P170,Q18160865
(signature lower left).
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Description |
Construction of the
Metropolitan Railway
, the world's first underground railway. Illustration shows the trench and partially completed cut and cover tunnel close to
Kings Cross station
, London. The railway opened in 1863.
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Date |
2 February 1861
date QS:P571,+1861-02-02T00:00:00Z/11
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Source/Photographer | File:Constructing the Metropolitan Railway.png | ||||||||||||||||
Other versions | w:File:Metropolitan Railway, King's Cross 1862.JPG |
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