Map; folding pocket UERL Underground map, 1907
Main details
Reference number | 1984/51/677 |
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Description | This geographic paper edition of the Underground map was issued by the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, and it shows the Railway lines belonging to the Underground Group. General geographic features such as roads and parks are shown as blue or green features, the Underground lines overprinted in black. Other railways are shown as thinner black lines and London United Tramways routes are represented by lines of crosses. The map includes the newly opened Hampstead Tube from Golders Green and Highgate to Charing Cross, it also shows the Bakerloo Tube extension to Paddington under construction as a broken line as well as the GNP&BR branch to Strand. There is an insert map showing western tram and railway connections beyond Earl's Court. This map has a green border with details of stations served by the Underground Group of Railways. The reverse is printed in brown and blue and has details of GNP&BR connections to the tramways and other Underground Group railways, lists of theatres and places of interest with their nearest tube stations, times of first and last trains and a fare chart showing local fares. There are also notices about luggage, lost property, cloak rooms, bicycle stores, call boxes, workmen's tickets and complaints. |
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Dates | 1907 |
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Completeness | 70% |
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Physical description
Item content Attribute Value Object title Piccadilly Tube The Connecting Link Between North And West -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Printer Johnson, Riddle & Company Ltd, 1907Publisher UERL, 1907
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