Tower Subway
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The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane on the south. In 1869 a 1,340-foot-long circular tunnel was dug
Interior of the Tower Subway cable car, 1870
The Tower Subway in 1870
Tower Subway northern entrance building at Tower Hill (January 2006). Built by the LHPC in 1926, the lettering on the visible side reads "constructed a.d. 1868 · london".
Locked entrance to the Tower Subway on the South Bank
London Underground
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The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire in England. It is part of the network
Tower Subway
…The same shield method of construction was used in 1890 to dig the tunnels of the City and South London Railway, the first of London's electrified "Tube" railways and the first underground electrified railway in the world. In 1864, Peter Barlow applied for a patent for a design of a circular cast iron…
The name "Tube" comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile (deep tube) trains travel. Northern line 1995 Stock train approaching Hendon Central.
A sub-surface Metropolitan line S8 Stock train at Amersham
Sign on wall beside Marylebone Road beyond station entrance
The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 using GWR broad-gauge locomotives.