Title

Horse-drawn vehicles in Queen Street, London, 1870-1900

Caption

Horse-drawn vehicles in Queen Street, London, EC4, 1870-1900. A policeman directs the traffic in central London. Even before the car was a common feature of the roads traffic congestion was a serious problem in major cities. Modern London traffic does not travel significantly faster than these carts.

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A81_500

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,9Mb (2,5Mb) / 15,4in x 11,9in / 4606 x 3562 (300dpi)

Keywords

traffic transport transportation road England people job congestion street occupation lane avenue cart policeman location Victorian century city of london profession cobbled B&W cobblestone MONOCHROME cobblestones road Transport 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Queen Street English Heritage carter horse and cart horse-drawn vehicle TGN photograph York photograph