Charles Yerkes
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Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. was an American financier. He played a part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago and London.
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Caricature from 1899 showing Chicago mayor Carter Harrison IV fighting the "Allen bill", signed by Governor John Riley Tanner, that gave control of Chicago's intra-city transportation system to Yerkes
Bouguereau's 1892 painting Invading Cupid's Realm, purchased after the Columbian Exposition of 1893
Charles Tyson Yerkes by Jan van Beers, c. 1893
The Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Limited, known operationally as the Underground for much of its existence, was established in 1902. It was the holding company for the three deep-l
Charles Yerkes
…railway system after riding along the route of one proposed line and surveying the city of London from the summit of Hampstead Heath. He established the Underground Electric Railways Company of London to take control of the District Railway and the partly built Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, and Great…
American trust certificate of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd., issued 8 May 1911
Originally built with four chimneys, Lots Road Power Station provided electricity for all of the UERL's lines.
Russell Square station, an example of the Leslie Green design used for the UERL's stations