London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Tube stations. The depth below is hot, warmer than the surface, & tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness, real & fictional
- rats & eels, monsters & ghosts. There is a Bronze Age trackway under the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves were found under St Pauls, & the monastery of Whitefriars lies beneath Fleet Street. In Kensal Green cemetery a hydraulic device lowered bodies into the catacombs below
- Welcome to the lower depths
- while a door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge leads to a huge tunnel, packed with cables for gas, water & telephone lines. When the Metropolitan Line was opened in 1864 the guards asked for permission to grow beards to protect themselves against the sulphurous fumes, & called their engines by the names of tyrants
- Czar, Kaiser, Mogul
- & even Pluto, god of the underworld.




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London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, both real & fictional, that dwell in the darkness
- rats & eels, monsters & ghosts. From the Anglo-Saxon graves under St Paul's, to the hydraulic device in Kensal Green cemetery which lowered bodies into the catacombs below, to the fossils uncovered when the Victoria Line was built & the gold bars within the Bank of England's vaults, London Under takes you into a hidden world, beneath our feet.
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The seminal & pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network – it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects & artists of their time.

Exploring Frank Pick’s vision through the development of Metroland to Holden’s innovative designs, David Long expertly weaves the story of the Underground – its abundance of characters (some good, some not so good), design firsts & brand identity – with Jane Magarigal’s atmospheric photography.

From suburban expansion to Blitz bombings & Soviet adulation, this book celebrates what remains a magnificent engineering & aesthetic achievement while providing an affectionate if slightly elegiac portrait of a London which is now gone for good.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780750984171
• Author: David Long
• Publisher: The History Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 143
• Dimensions: 22.5 x 24.5 x 1cm











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