The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:small London's Docks are a subject

London's Docks are a subject matter very close to Esther's heart as her Grandad 'Goofy' worked for the Port of London Authority for nearly 30 years and loved sharing stories about his time there

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Hyde Park Corner

Bayswater Turnpike

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:small London's Docks are a subjectThe front of the completed Bayswater Station with a large group railway staff posing for the camera. 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