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Pocket Underground map, No 1, 1943.

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Main details for this item.
Reference number
2010/2859
Description
In this version of the Underground map H C Beck uses circles to indicate interchange stations. The 60 degree angles used on the previous edition of the diagram have been redrawn as 45 degree lines or changed to vertical or horizontal lines, these include the Northern end of the Northern line, the District line between Mark Lane and Whitechapel and the District line to Richmond and Wimbledon. Proposed extensions are not shown on this edition and the Waterloo & City Railway is shown as a red line with black edging.
Printer
Dates
1943
Collection
Object type
  • Map
Print code
343.587.300M
Location
Completeness
71%
  • Physical description

    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    Underground Lines
    Text
    Until further notice, Aldwych Station is closed and the passenger train service between Earls Court and Willesden Junction and between Addison Road and Latimer Road are suspended.
    (map)
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Designer
    Henry C Beck,
    Printer
    Johnson, Riddle & Company Ltd., 1943
    Publisher
    LPTB, 1943