The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 Commercial Basin in the South

Commercial Basin in the South East and Southwark Park in the South West

St Paul's in the distance

Crowd of skaters are shown enjoying themselves on the frozen Serpentine

the Tower of London in the South East and the Thames in the South West

A game of ninepins is in progress in the foreground centre and nearby is a gaping hole

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 Commercial Basin in the SouthCompleting the railway tunnel under Praed Street, Paddington. From a series of 64 photographs taken in the late 1860s by Henry Flather to document the construction of the railway from Paddington to Blackfriars via Kensington, Westminster and the new Victoria Embankment. Construction was by the 'cut and cover' method used to build the first underground railways before the development of the tunneling shield by James Henry Greathead . The first