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Old January 13th 10, 07:57 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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CJB wrote:

The veritable maze that is the London Underground owes its existence,
at least in part, to a brilliant railway-engineer named James Henry
Greathead, born in Grahamstown, South Africa, on 6 August 1844.

http://london.thesouthafrican.com/li...can-connection

Didn't Brunel's sheild predate Gateshead?

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