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Engraving from Illustrated London News: First stages of construction of the Metropolitan Railway (cut and cover) at King's Cross, 1862. The clock tower of the GNR terminus, opened in 1862, can be seen in the centre. The construction work is central to the image, buildings surround the work, and horse buses are seen on the roads
Photographed by Topical Press, Jan 1862 - Dec 1862
Image no: U43464
Inventory no: 1998/84198
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