London's Underground (eBook)

The Story of the Tube

Oliver Green (Autor)

Benjamin Graham (Fotograf)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
272 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7112-4014-8 (ISBN)

Infos

It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below its busy streets and across its leafy suburbs. The distinctive roundel, colour-coded maps and Johnston typeface have become design classics, recognised and imitated worldwide.Opening in 1863, the first sections were operated by steam engines, yet throughout its long history the Tube has been at the forefront of contemporary design, pioneering building techniques, electrical trains and escalators, and business planning. Architects such as Leslie W. Green and Charles Holden developed a distinctively English version of Modernism, and the latest stations for the Jubilee line extension, Overground and Elizabeth line carry this aesthetic forward into the twenty-first century.In this major work published in association with Transport for London, Tube expert Oliver Green traces the history of the Underground, following its troubles and triumphs, its wartime and peacetime work, and the essential part it has played in shaping London's economy, geography, tourism and identity. Specially commissioned photography by Benjamin Graham (UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2017) brings the story to life in vivid portraits of London Underground's stations, tunnels and trains.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 300 photographs, diagrams and archive illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: ART • Battersea Power Station • Design • disused tube station • elizabeth line • Engineering • facts about the london tube • facts about the london underground • facts about the tube • facts about the underground • guide to the london tube • guide to the london underground • guide to the tube • hidden stations • Historical Overview • History • history of london tube • history of london underground • history of the tube • jubilee line • London • London history • London Transport • London tube illustrated • London tube in pictures • london underground map • Northern Line • photography • Piccadilly • Poems on the Underground • Poster • Public Transport • Reference • Stations • Steam train • story of underground lines • tfl • TFL archives • TFL maps • TFL posters • The Tube • train • Trains • Transport • Travel • Trivia • tube line • tube map • tube posters • tube station • tune stops • Underground • Victoria Line
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-4014-0 / 0711240140
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-4014-8 / 9780711240148