Victorian London Underground Destination Plate - District Railway (c.1884)
Inner Circle / South Kensington
Rolled iron and vitrious enamel sign. Double sided with Inner Circle on one side and South Kensington on the other. White lettering on black. Brass ends embossed with ‘S K I C’. Produced for the Metropolitan District Railway circa 1885. Measures 77cm x 10cm. Condition: Very good. Marks and some repainting in central area of loss.
The 1885 painting by Jack Hill shown in the pictures depicts an ‘inner circle’ District Railway train leaving Farringdon with the same destination plate displayed. Interestingly, where a part of the locomotive obstructs the plate is the same spot as the wear seen on this example.
We believe this destination plate was produced for District Railway and in use from 1884, upon the opening of the ‘Inner Circle’. The Inner Circle was formed by the first two Underground railways in London, the Metropolitan Railway and District Railway, which opened in 1863 and 1867 respectively. Parliamentary approval of the District Railway was granted on the basis it was to create an ‘inner circle’ when combined with the Metropolitan Railway but due to conflict between the two companies an inner circle wasn’t completed until October 1884. It was agreed that the Metropolitan provided the clockwise, or "outer rail", trains; the District the "inner rail", or anti-clockwise.
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Inner Circle / South Kensington
Rolled iron and vitrious enamel sign. Double sided with Inner Circle on one side and South Kensington on the other. White lettering on black. Brass ends embossed with ‘S K I C’. Produced for the Metropolitan District Railway circa 1885. Measures 77cm x 10cm. Condition: Very good. Marks and some repainting in central area of loss.
The 1885 painting by Jack Hill shown in the pictures depicts an ‘inner circle’ District Railway train leaving Farringdon with the same destination plate displayed. Interestingly, where a part of the locomotive obstructs the plate is the same spot as the wear seen on this example.
We believe this destination plate was produced for District Railway and in use from 1884, upon the opening of the ‘Inner Circle’. The Inner Circle was formed by the first two Underground railways in London, the Metropolitan Railway and District Railway, which opened in 1863 and 1867 respectively. Parliamentary approval of the District Railway was granted on the basis it was to create an ‘inner circle’ when combined with the Metropolitan Railway but due to conflict between the two companies an inner circle wasn’t completed until October 1884. It was agreed that the Metropolitan provided the clockwise, or "outer rail", trains; the District the "inner rail", or anti-clockwise.
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Inner Circle / South Kensington
Rolled iron and vitrious enamel sign. Double sided with Inner Circle on one side and South Kensington on the other. White lettering on black. Brass ends embossed with ‘S K I C’. Produced for the Metropolitan District Railway circa 1885. Measures 77cm x 10cm. Condition: Very good. Marks and some repainting in central area of loss.
The 1885 painting by Jack Hill shown in the pictures depicts an ‘inner circle’ District Railway train leaving Farringdon with the same destination plate displayed. Interestingly, where a part of the locomotive obstructs the plate is the same spot as the wear seen on this example.
We believe this destination plate was produced for District Railway and in use from 1884, upon the opening of the ‘Inner Circle’. The Inner Circle was formed by the first two Underground railways in London, the Metropolitan Railway and District Railway, which opened in 1863 and 1867 respectively. Parliamentary approval of the District Railway was granted on the basis it was to create an ‘inner circle’ when combined with the Metropolitan Railway but due to conflict between the two companies an inner circle wasn’t completed until October 1884. It was agreed that the Metropolitan provided the clockwise, or "outer rail", trains; the District the "inner rail", or anti-clockwise.
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