The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway was an experimental atmospheric railway that ran in Crystal Palace Park in south London in 1864.
Engraving of the Crystal Palace line (1864)
The London Pneumatic Despatch Company was formed on 30 June 1859, to design, build and operate an underground railway system for the carrying of mail, parcels and light freight between locations in Lo
Crystal Palace pneumatic railway
…Crystal Palace Park in south London in 1864. The railway was designed by Thomas Webster Rammell, who had previously built a pneumatic railway for the London Pneumatic Despatch Company to convey letters along tunnels in large vacuum-driven wagons. A similar principle was applied to this railway, where a carriage fitted with a large…
Pneumatic Despatch Company vehicle
Testing at Battersea
First dispatch of mail bags through the pneumatic tube from the district office in Eversholt Street to Euston Station. Illustrated London News, 28 February 1863
Receipt for purchase of 18 shares in the Pneumatic Despatch Company at @ £1 each