Sujet

'Entrance to the Clerkenwell Tunnel from Farringdon Street', c1876

Légende

'Entrance to the Clerkenwell Tunnel from Farringdon Street', c1876. Work on the world?s first underground railway began in 1860, under chief engineer John Fowler, a three mile tunnel ran from Paddington to Farringdon Street, Clerkenwell tunnel was first used by a GNR freight train on 27 January 1868. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]

Date

1876

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F22_490

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

56,7Mo (3,4Mo) / 32,2cm x 44,1cm / 3804 x 5212 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transport extérieur dehors ville urbain route Londres personnes homme hommes train technologie pays croisement vapeur type Britannique tunnel Anglais chemin de fer ruelle avenue perspective ligne ferroviaire endroit victorien ère victorienne siècle voies ferroviaires La Grande-Bretagne voie de train voie ferroviaire concept génie civil Le Royaume-Uni locomotive ville capitale monochrome sur le mouvement métaphore publication Arqué Jour 19e siècle dix-neuvième siècle histoire historique The Print Collector gravure Old and New London GNER Anonyme Sir John Fowler Fowler John Fowler Edward Walford Co Edward Walford Cassell 1st Baronet Sir John Petter Petter & Galpin underground railway gravure