The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:extra large The wheeled contraption next to

The wheeled contraption next to the nanny is the photographer's portable darkroom used for developing the photograph on the spot

bank notes were issued and exchanged

Measures 37cm W x 42cm H x 11cm side

Southwark Reservoir in the South East and Battersea Park in the South West

London Bridge and the tower of Southwark Cathedral is visible in the background

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Size:extra large The wheeled contraption next toThe roof of the completed Paddington (Pread Street) Station, which opened in 1868. 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 Henry Greathead