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Description: | It is important to keep Underground tunnels free from dust. It was even more critical in the 1930s when was still permitted to smoke on Underground trains. People often threw their cigarette butts out of the carriage windows.
Dust and debris built up in the tunnels and numerous small fires were started by smouldering butts. To minimise this, maintenance was carried out each night.
These two men are in the tunnels at Camden Town. They are using an industrial vacuum cleaner to clean the tunnel walls. The machine is mounted on a mobile platform to move along the tracks. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Work | Temporal: | 7 Mar 1930 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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