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Old December 26th 14, 08:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Michael R N Dolbear Michael R N Dolbear is offline
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Default American who transformed the Tube

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On 26.12.14 19:18, Peter Able wrote:
On 25/12/2014 21:31, eastender wrote:
Nice piece in the Christmas Economist on Charles Yerkes, "an American
financier and ex-convict" who extended/built several Tube lines.


http://www.economist.com/news/christ...-changed-shape

I thought this to be just a light pastiche - until I read:


"Large Victorian houses clustered in places such as Clapham Junction, a
south London neighbourhood home to a railway terminus since 1863."


Article also written by a 'Merkin, clearly.


ITYM "once over lightly" not pastiche

The intent was to be interesting to those (including Americans) who know of
London and Windsor and that's all.

The sub-editor should have looked up Wiki though - I take it CJ was never a
terminus ?



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