Secret Underground London
A profusely illustrated book of disused railway stations, bomb shelters, catacombs...
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 25.5 × 25.5cm, 282pp
This fascinating book contains approximately 400 archive and colour photographs, maps & plans, accompanied by comprehensive captions and an authoritative text. Included in this book is a miscellany of sites, from the disused tube stations and closed sections of the London underground railway system, many of which were given some other lease of life, to the secret central government and military bunkers—operations rooms and control centres—which protected London against the German bombers during the Second World War. The book also tells the story of London's Cold War bunkers, never used in anger. There are air raid shelters, large and small, public and private; mines and underground quarries, some going back to the 17th century, and tunnels of all sorts: pipe tunnels, horse tunnels, tram tunnels, service tunnels, and the tunnel under the Thames Barrier. Last but not least, and not for the fainthearted, is a collection of photographs showing the capital's creepy Victorian cemetery catacombs.
Condition
The book itself is in very good condition with a little light wear to the wrapper.
ISBN
9780956440570
Price
£25.00
