Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Whitechapel and Bow Railway

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of 41 Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London

Two mile line linking Whitechapel to Campbell Road Junction. The line opened in 1902. [1]

1897 The company was incorporated.

1900 Thought likely to be the last steam-hauled underground railway in London. Would connect the Metropolitan District and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railways[2]

1902 The line is about 2 miles long, was completed in June and has been equipped for electrical traction. [3]

1923 Became part of London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway. [4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  2. The Engineer
  3. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. [1] Wikipedia