Royal Commission on London Traffic—Proposed West End tramways & subways 1905 map
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'Royal Commission on London Traffic—Key to Tramway Plan'
London’s battle to bring trams into the West End is fought out on this colourful 1905 plan, offered together with the relevant text extract from the Royal Commission on London Traffic’s report. The plan sets twenty-five suggested routes in red across the gap between the capital’s separate tramway networks. Its printed reference identifies three of them as subways, and these are the broken red lines: Knightsbridge to Aldgate, Grosvenor Place and Hyde Park, and Aldersgate Street to the Post Office. Blue lines show the London County Council system, with its authorised but unbuilt lines dotted, among them the Kingsway tram subway under construction. Prepared by the Ordnance Survey at three inches to the mile for the Commission, the plan also carries its proposed east–west and north–south Main Avenues. The Kingsway subway opened in 1906; the Knightsbridge–Aldgate tunnel never did. Map and report extract are sold together as one item.
Size 61 x 70 cm | 24.0 x 27.5 inches
Date Published: 1905
Type: Antique folding tramway-route plan with printed colour
Author: Ordnance Survey
Publication: Royal Commission on London Traffic
Condition: Good |
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