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Artist
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Marie, Alexandre Léon, Navellier, Narcisse
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les nouvelles conquêtes de la science, vol. 2
- Author(s):
- Figuier, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Librairie Illustrée, Marpon & Flammarion, n.d. [after 1883]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Cross section of a London street showing the surface, with buildings, pavements, and passers-by, the gas and water mains, pneumatic tube, sewage pipes, and the underground Metropolitan Railway.
The caption reads in the original French: Ce qu’il y a sous le pavé de Londres. Conduite de gaz — Conduite d’eau — Tube pneumatique pour les dépêches — Égouts — Tunnel et railway métropolitains.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, cityscape, cutaway, diagram, Europe, London, street, UK
