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Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways by Desmond F. Croome, Alan Arthur Jackson

This is a detailed historical and descriptive account , not only of the system's engineering and technical evolution, but also of the social, politcal and financial influences and background. The strong flow of American ideas and capital is covered comprehensively, including the activities of the financier charles Tyson Yerkes, whose respectable enterprise in London built several important tubes and founded the Underground Company, which made a valuable contribution towards easing London's traffic problems.

Hardback, 2nd edition 1993, 574pages, very good condition, small tear/wear in jacket

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