The first underground railway in the world
By KELL BROTHERS , 1863

Metropolitan Railway Baker Street Station.

British Isles London
  • 作者: KELL BROTHERS
  • 出版地: London,
  • 出版商: Kell Bros., Castle Street Holborn,
  • 发布日期: [c.1863].
  • 物理描述: Chromolithograph, mounted on board.
  • 方面: Image: 380 by 597mm (15 by 23.5 inches). Sheet: 550 by 760mm (21.75 by 30 inches).
  • 库存参考: 12376

笔记

Baker Street is one of the oldest stations in London, and now has the most platforms of any station on the Underground network. It was part of the Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863, the first underground railway in the world. This innovative addition to the existing rail system in London was meant to ease the congestion in the city driven by an exploding population and high density building.

The print was presumably produced to celebrate the inauguration of the opening of the line.

The Kell Brothers (fl.1860-1870) were lithographers and chromolithographers working in Holborn.

参考书目

  1. London Transport Museum 2003/12115
  2. National Railway Museum 10302139.

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