Underground Collection (page 10)

Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1
Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918

London Underground Station Indicator
A new invention on the Underground Railway in London. After a train leaves a station, a bell rings and the name of the next station appears, keeping passengers informed of their location. Date: 1896

Six-inch piping, Kingsway tunnel, Central London
Six-inch piping (outlets to dams) outside the Kingsway tunnel, Central London

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

Opening of the tube line between Holborn and Euston
The pneumatic despatch tube: the Holborn end of the tube on the opening day of the line between Euston Square and Holborn. Date: 1865

Sir Edgar Speyer (1862-1932), 1st Baronet. American born financier and philanthropist, chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1906 to 1915 and a Privy Councillor

Bonzo Wants His Money Back by George Studdy
Bonzo Wants His Money Back. Travelling in the underground at rush hour, hemmed in by peoples feet and umbrellas, is definitely not worth the cost of a ticket! 1923

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Entrance to captured German dugout, Western Front, WW1
Entrance to a captured German dugout on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

How the busiest junction in England is worked: electrical devices which protect the passenger from danger on the District Railway. Showing the newly completed Earls Court underground station, London

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

Defence of British aerodromes by G. H. Davis
The defence of British aerodromes: methods of defence above and under the ground during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Voles and vegetables
Three voles engaging in digging up carrots

Two soldiers in underground passageway, WW1
Two soldiers in an underground passageway during the First World War. Date: 1916

Pedal powered well
An engraving of a 1588 pedal powered well designed to use human strength to lift large quantities of underground stored water. Date: 1588

Football supporters on a London street
Three football supporters on a London street, wearing checked caps and rosettes and holding rattles

A French woman collects the tickets on the Paris Metro
As the need for more soldiers grew, many jobs normally carried out by men, women were brought in and trained to do their tasks

The Underground Reservoir at Crossness, 1865
Engraving showing the interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865. This image shows the reservoir illuminated for the officially opening by

Underground Construction
Construction workers and engineers work to build tunnels for one of the early London Underground lines. Date: 1860s

Sergius Stepniak
SERGIUS STEPNIAK Russian nihilist, author of Underground Russia etc. self-exiled to England, lived in Bedford Park, London. Date: 1852 - 1895

The Joy Ride Lady - a theatre poster banned on the Tube
A poster, designed by William Barribal, for the show, The Joy Ride Lady at the New Theatre, St. Martins Lane. Though passed by the Bill Posters Censorship Committee

Central London Railway Twopenny Tube - Shepherds Bush. The station originally opened in 1900 (the original western terminus of the Central London Railway - CLR)

Jungfraujoch Station, Switzerland Date: circa 1930s

East Africa - Eritrea - Massawa - Underground Water Cistern at Taulud Date: circa 1910s

Underground home - Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia - used in the harsh winter. Date: circa 1800

Lourdes, France - The Betharram Caves Date: circa 1920s

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

Hawaii, USA - Making Poi - Staple food from the Taro Plant
Hawaii, USA - Making Poi. Primary Polynesian staple food mad fom the underground stem of the Taro Plant - known in Hawaii as Kalo. Date: circa 1910s

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

City Hall Loop Station, New York, USA Date: 1904

Beautifully dressed passengers on the Underground. As the card states: The Bakerloo & Piccadilly Tubes afford the maximum of speed, safety

East River Tunnel, New York, USA Date: circa 1907

Oxford Street, by Mary Koop, showing this Central London street crowded with traffic and pedestrians

Newly constructed Lambeth HQ
Lambeth HQ after construction of Underground Control Room

Blitz in City of London -- bomb crater, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- devastation caused after a heavy explosive bomb caused a vast crater and opened up underground workings after an air raid during the night

Strand Underground Station, WW2
Various people outside Strand Underground Station during the Second World War

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