Henry Flather Collection of Photographs of the Construction of the London Metropolitan & District Railways

[Collection of albumen photographs (56) depicting the construction of the London Metropolitan and District Railways. 1866-1870. Mounted views of excavation, workings and construction of stations, tunnels and track between Paddington, Kensington and Blackfriars. Depicted are cuttings, retaining walls, roofs, cut-and-cover methods, street site scenes, workmen and officials, steam cranes, windlasses, buckets and other machinery for excavating and lifting; also locomotives and wagons etc., station interiors and architectural facades, and photographic apparatus used by Flather and his assistant]

Collection

National Railway Museum

Inventory Number

3176852

Title

Henry Flather Collection of Photographs of the Construction of the London Metropolitan & District Railways

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- [each image ca.] 185 x 240 mm