The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 John Bool looking south west

looking south west

Focussing on the less crowded spots in London

Carron Wharf and Copper Wharf

The wooden partitions between tables are typical of the London chop-house of the period - such establishments were common in the City and along Fleet Street and the Strand until late Victorian times

View of the forecourt of the Southern Railway's terminus at London Bridge

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 John Bool looking south westThe interior of the completed Kensington Station showing the platforms, roof and track with a contractor's locomotive. The station was later renamed High Street Kensington. 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