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The London Underground and its South African connection
Offramp wrote:
On 13 Jan, 01:56, 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...erground-and-i... There is a statue of him on Lombard Street, near Bank. It's actually in Cornhill. It doubles as a fanshaft, hence the grille around the top of the plinth. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&... 61,,1,-14.02 -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile. |
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