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
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
Josiah Latimer Clark
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Josiah Latimer Clark FRS FRAS was an English electrical engineer, born in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
London Pneumatic Despatch Company
…Office. In 1855 and 1856 they reported favourably but there would be significant cost. The scheme was not pursued. In 1859 Thomas Webster Rammell and Josiah Latimer Clark proposed an underground tube network in central London "for the more speedy and convenient circulation of despatches and parcels". The company was…
Josiah Latimer Clark