The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:medium These houses dated from the

These houses dated from the early 18th century

Called the Strand Bridge during its construction

Lambeth Waterworks tower can also be seen as well as the Patent Shot Manufactory square tower

Westminster to the Tower

A policeman is also standing in the road

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:medium These houses dated from theThe front of the completed Notting Hill Gate Station with railway staff posing for the camera. 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