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Paper Underground map with advert for London Transport Publications on reverse, 1954.

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Reference number
2002/5254
Description
This paper version of the Underground diagram by H C Beck has been redesigned after the 1953 edition. The Circle line is shown as a rectangle rather than a polygon shape. The River Thames has been redrawn with more horizontal and vertical lines and the District line is shown as a vertical line again, running alongside the river. The branching points of lines have been redrawn to give the impression that both branches are equal. The lines are also thicker in comparison to the earlier version of the diagram. The escalator link between Bank and Monument has been included, shown as a series of steps and the District line is shown Eastbound to Upminster.

The map appears to have been issued possibly as a loose sheet folded in two inside a London Transport publication. The reverse has a list of some of London Transport's publications.
Publisher
Dates
1954
Collection
Object type
  • Map
Location
Completeness
69%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    143mm
    Width
    228mm
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    Diagram Of Lines
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Designer
    Henry C Beck,
    Publisher
    LTE, 1954