1856 Metropolitan Railway Map
PLAN OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (Paddington to the Post Office)
Printed by Day & Sons Lithographers. Two-colour lithograph on paper, folded as issued. Blank verso. Measures 46.5cm x 37cm. Undated Circa 1856.
This early proposal for the Metropolitan Railway would have accompanied an investor prospectus. It shows the line as intended in 1855-1857, terminating at the Post Office . In late 1857 it was agreed (as a cost cutting measure) to not build south of Farringdon in the first phase of the line.
PLAN OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (Paddington to the Post Office)
Printed by Day & Sons Lithographers. Two-colour lithograph on paper, folded as issued. Blank verso. Measures 46.5cm x 37cm. Undated Circa 1856.
This early proposal for the Metropolitan Railway would have accompanied an investor prospectus. It shows the line as intended in 1855-1857, terminating at the Post Office . In late 1857 it was agreed (as a cost cutting measure) to not build south of Farringdon in the first phase of the line.
PLAN OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (Paddington to the Post Office)
Printed by Day & Sons Lithographers. Two-colour lithograph on paper, folded as issued. Blank verso. Measures 46.5cm x 37cm. Undated Circa 1856.
This early proposal for the Metropolitan Railway would have accompanied an investor prospectus. It shows the line as intended in 1855-1857, terminating at the Post Office . In late 1857 it was agreed (as a cost cutting measure) to not build south of Farringdon in the first phase of the line.