The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none they reveal a rich tapestry

they reveal a rich tapestry of Caribbean British lives

In London's Docklands the author takes you on a journey though the historical development of the area

he is a 'lifeguard'

This photograph appeared in Volume 3 of Reid's 'Views of Westminster and London'

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none they reveal a rich tapestryThe platforms of the completed Notting Hill Gate Station. 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 James Henry Greathead. The first tunneled, or