Metropolitan Collection (page 38)

James Monro
JAMES MONRO Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1888-1890: he was considered to know more about the Jack the Ripper case than anyone

X-Ray Tube / Vickers / 1936
Million volt X-ray tube; developed by Metropolitan Vickers; installed in St. Bartholomews Hospital

Baker Street Station
A train arrives at Baker Street station, on the Metropolitan Line : the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives

Trial Trip, Underground
A successful trial trip on the Metropolitan Railway : the train - drawn by a steam locomotive - is about to enter Portland Road station, near Euston

Workmens Train Baker St
The scene at Baker Street underground station, seven years after the opening of the Metropolitan Line; the Workmens special train carried men to work at special low fares

Baker Street Station Cross-section
A cross section of the proposed Baker Street station, on the new Metropolitan underground railway, London

USA / Met Opera / Curtain
NEW YORK Wagnerian opera singers take a curtain call, assisted by a footman

Gas / Drawing Retorts / 1903
South Metropolitan Gas Company. An interior of a factory showing retorts being drawn by hand

Royal Exchange Fireman
A fireman of the Royal Exchange Association, before the formation of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1865

Silsbys Fire Engine / NY
Typical American fire-engine of the late 19th century. This model was made by Silsby for the Metropolitan Fire Department of New York

Lewisham 1808
Now a busy Metropolitan Borough, Lewisham was once a quiet rural village in the county of Kent

Chocolate Machine 1930S
Another passenger watches as a man tries to work out how to use an automatic slot machine vending Caleys famous Marching Chocolate, inside a metropolitan railway carriage

Police Make Arrest / 1873
Two Metropolitan policemen carrying torches arrest a man who is cowering in a doorway. The torches were known as nab lights

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

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