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Title The subterranean railway [electronic resource] : how the London Underground was built and how it changed the city forever / Christian Wolmar.
Author Wolmar, Christian.
Publication Info. London : Atlantic, 2004.
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Summary Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the 19th-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground passenger railway: one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the Underground's contribution to 20th-century industrial design and its role during two world wars, the story comes right up to the present with its sleek, driverless trains, and the wrangles over the future of the system. This book reveals London's hidden wonder in all its glory, and shows how the railway beneath the streets helped create the city we know today.
Subject London Underground Limited -- History.
Subways -- England -- London -- History.
Subways -- England -- London -- Design and construction.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation
TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation
London Underground Limited. (OCoLC)fst00605833
Subways. (OCoLC)fst01136975
Subways -- Design and construction. (OCoLC)fst01136990
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
Genre Electronic books.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Freading.
ISBN 9781848872530 electronic bk.
1848872534 electronic bk.