METROPOLITAN RAILWAY LINE. Original route/proposed extensions. FOWLER, 1855 map
'Plan of the Metropolitan Railway, with proposed Extensions. John Fowler, Engineer'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: John Fowler Esq. Sir John Fowler, (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's first underground railway, London's Metropolitan Railway, built by the "cut-and-cover" method. He was chief engineer for the Forth Railway Bridge, which opened in 1890. He was engineer, adviser or consultant to many British and foreign railway companies and governments. He was the youngest president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, between 1865 and 1867, and his major works represent a lasting legacy of Victorian engineering. Provenance: "Report from the Select Committee on Metropolitan Communications; together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence and appendix", order by The House of Commons, to be printed, 23 July 1855, Henry Hansard. Type: Antique map with original colour, prepared for consideration by the British Parliamentary Select Committee on Metropolitan Communication. The map shows in black the route for the Metropolitan Line, the world's first underground railway, which had received Royal Assent the year before this map was published and which was opened in 1863. The red lines show proposed extensions of these lines to connect with Waterloo, London Bridge, and Bishopsgate stations in the east, and through Bayswater, Notting Hill to Battersea in the west. The Metropolitan line was extended to the west after 1863. London had expanded substantially in both size and population during the first half of the 19th century. The increasing resident population and the development of a commuting population arriving by train each day led to a high level of traffic congestion. By 1850 there were seven railway termini around the urban centre of London. The congested streets and the distances into the City fr
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Location: London
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