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London's Underground : The Story of the Tube by Oliver Green (2023, Hardcover)

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London's Underground: The Story of the Tube. by Green, Oliver.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherQuarto Publishing Group UK

ISBN-100711289050

ISBN-139780711289055

eBay Product ID (ePID)24060720586

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleLondon's Underground : the Story of the Tube

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRailroads / General, Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Europe / Great Britain

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreTravel, Transportation, Architecture

AuthorOliver Green

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight64.3 Oz

Item Length11.3 in

Item Width10.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal388.4209421

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Steam Underground 2 Deeper Underground 3 Twentieth-Century Electric 4 In to Work, Out to Live 5 Combining it All 6 War and Austerity 7 Towards a New Tube 8 Renewal Timeline Index Further Reading

SynopsisPublished in conjunction with TFL, this is a comprehensive guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography., Published in conjunction with TFL, this is a comprehensive, updated guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography. 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 and now updated, 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., Published in conjunction with TFL, this is a comprehensive, updated guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography., 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.

LC Classification NumberTF847