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Description: | In 1902, the Tube companies in London - except for the Metropolitan Railway - merged to form the Underground Electric Railway Company of London (U.E.R.L.)
The company and the underground network expanded and in 1928 the architect Charles Holden was hired to design a suitable head office building. The building at 55 Broadway was completed in 1930, a few months before this picture was taken in April 1931.
The bright and spacious new building had many tall windows as well as attractive Art Deco-style ceiling lights.
The office shown is the central typing office; the communications centre in the days before computers. There are over 20 typists, all women, working at their desks. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Work | Temporal: | 21 Apr 1931 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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