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Description: | The exterior of Aldgate East station on the Metropolitan and District Railway is clad in buff glazed terracotta. To the left of the station entrance are J. Lyons & Co premises, which extend to the upper floor where signs for 'Smoking Rooms' are visible.
The 'UndergrounD' signage on the left was adopted all over the system from 1908. Harry Wharton Ford, the station architect, claimed to have developed this distinctive sign, but this is disputed by others.
This station was on the busy Commercial Road, which linked the City to the docks. It was built in 1914 but was abandoned in 1938 when a new station was built further to the east. This building was demolished in the 1950s and shops were constructed on the site. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | 1916 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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