The Tunnel Through Time: A New Route for an Old London Journey

The Tunnel Through Time: A New Route for an Old London Journey by Gillian Tindall


ISBN
9780701188658
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
320
Dimensions
162 x 222 x 32mm

"It is the largest building project in Europe today, buried deep beneath the metropolis of London. The great scheme for Crossrail, offering high-speed links across the capital, has been a dream on planners' desks for decades, but is fast becoming a reality, as the tunnelling and earth-shifting machines have moved inexorably, like underground monsters, from opposing directions to their final meeting point. Soon the hoardings that guard the surface works will make way for light-filled stations, and the Elizabeth line' will be complete. Focusing on key Crossrail points u Stepney, Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Tottenham Court Road (alias St Giles in the Fields), and the route along Oxford Street (alias the Way to Oxford and also Tyburn) u Gillian Tindall traces the course of the new line which is also the route of countless long-past journeys in and out of the capital. Along the way we meet city dwellers from across the centuries, bearing witness to the perpetual change to the built landscape around them. Crossrail is only the latest scheme to traverse the ancient sites of London's one-time countryside and its archaeological secrets -- and Gillian Tindall is the perfect writer to de
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