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Description: | Opening in 1863, the Metropolitan Railway was the first urban underground railway in the world. This presentation plaque lists the mechanical engineers who made it possible, and their dates of service. They were responsible for the provision and maintenance of mechanical equipment such as locomotives and rolling stock.
The symbol on the left of the plaque depicting two tunnels with steam trains and the company motto 'We work for all' was used from 1863. By 1906, a new design was introduced featuring a quartered shield. Each quarter has the heraldic symbol of one the counties in which the railway operated: City of London (top left), Middlesex (top right), Buckinghamshire (bottom left) and Hertfordshire (bottom right). | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1898 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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