The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866The 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

he’s sure to delight Paddington fans of all ages

At the street end is York Water Gate and beyond is the Hungerford Suspension Bridge

one who is visibly malnourished with a child

in December 1877

waving flags

a huge march through London was arranged demanding votes for women in Coronation year

The ground floor contained a large food hall selling a products from hand-made chocolates to wine

Many milkmen used a horse and cart to transport their produce

The book is not a chronological history

In the foreground

a tree walk and dodgems

Panoramic 'view from the staircase and the upper part of the Pavilion in the Colosseum'