The Kingsway tramway subway is a cut-and-cover tunnel in central London, built by the London County Council, and the only one of its kind in Britain. The decision in 1898 to clear slum districts in the Holborn area provided an opportunity to use the new streets for a tramway connecting the lines in the north and south. Following the pattern of tramways in New York and Boston, it was decided to build this as an underground connection.
Kingsway Subway northern entrance ramp in Southampton Row
A tram emerging from the northbound tunnel in 1933
1937 southern portal under Waterloo Bridge
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Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London, and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic between the City of Westminster and the City of London.
The Westminster end of Victoria Embankment and PS Tattershall Castle, pictured in 2009
Victoria Embankment under construction in 1865
Electric light provided by Yablochkov candles in December 1878
Section through Victoria Embankment at Charing Cross showing sub-surface railway