The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 A male crossing patrol warden

A male crossing patrol warden stands by a group of Asian children outside Christchurch Church of England School

A crowd gathered around an East End stationer and newsagents window where the latest edition of the Illustrated Police News has been displayed

In the foreground it can be seen part of the consignment of Terragona wine

the Tower of London in the South East and the Thames in the South West

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 IN626 A male crossing patrol wardenCompleting the railway tunnel under Praed Street, Paddington. 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