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Description: | At the start of the 20th century, Clapham was an affluent suburb. The station opened there in 1900 as part of the Central & South London Railway (C.&S.L.R.) extension. Its users were mainly middle-class commuters travelling into the City to work.
The line was included in the Tube redevelopments of the 1920s which were aimed at creating a unified identity for the Underground Group. Since most lines had been developed by private companies, there had been no common standard and the C&S.L.R. tunnels needed to be widen to 11' 8ΒΌ" (just over 3.5 metres).
The work at Clapham Common was completed on 1 December 1924. At 5.30 the following morning, a queue of over 200 people were already waiting. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Cityscape Home and Family | Temporal: | 1925 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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