|
Date: |
|
Description: | This is the southern entrance of the Kingsway tramway subway seen under construction alongside the old Waterloo Bridge on 1 April 1908. The modern tunnel is under the new Waterloo Bridge, which was built with a wider span.
This subway was an important part of the London County Council (L.C.C.) tram network as it linked its tramways north and south of the Thames. It was thought that shallow tramway subways would be more easily accessible to passengers than the deep tunnels needed for the Underground.
L.C.C.'s construction of this subway was part of the Aldwych/Kingsway scheme that was designed to provide a streetscape worthy of London's imperial role. The subway was originally built for single-deck trams, but was deepened to take double-deckers in 1931. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1 Apr 1908 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
|
|