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I was born in london in 1944 and wanted a history of the tube

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Although the kindle price is very much less than the hardcover price this is not a title wed recommend be purchased in ebook form

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As well as the lovely presentday pictures the book is generously filled with old pictorial content too

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Some of the nicest photos though are ones of indeterminate age pictures that might have been taken yesterday or 50 years ago for example see p

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There are plenty of pictures of old trains but there are also some other inspired choices of unusual items seldom considered or seen for example the industrial type pictures of such things as the controller circuitry of an otis elevator or an experimental spiral escalator that never made it to public use

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Or of electric control panels to power the lines or the signaling and switching apparatus parts of the infrastructure one never pauses to even consider when riding the trains every day

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It is fair to say that while of course the needs of the city shaped the development of the tube network albeit haphazardly in its early days with a number of competing companies all developing services with no coordination or broader plan the liberation from the twin tyrannies of time and distance in turn shaped the development of london and its suburbs

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However you enjoy it youll find yourself rewarded by additional information about something youd never paused to fully consider