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Wednesday, 9 January 2013

London Underground: Amazing images show houses being demolished for the Tube in 1863 | Mail Online

London Underground: Amazing images show houses being demolished for the Tube in 1863 | Mail Online: "Tunnelling into history: Amazing images show London houses being demolished to make way for the Tube in 1863, the world's first underground railway "
Men at work: This photo by Henry Flather shows the construction, undertaken between 1866 and 1870, of the Metropolitan District Railway's underground lines which included the destruction of houses

Men at work: This photo by Henry Flather shows the construction, undertaken between 1866 and 1870, of the Metropolitan District Railway's underground lines which included the destruction of houses

Take a break: Foremen pose by demolished houses, with a steam engine powering machinery in the background in January 1862 while the construction of the underground took place

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