The Tower Subway's chief claim to fame is that it is the world's first tube railway, that is, an underground railway constructed in a tube rather than in a brick tunnel. That said, given the number of admirable websites already devoted to the Tower Subway (listed at the end of this survey), one might query the need to create another one. The answer is simple! Here you can read plenty of interesting material unavailable on the other sites, drawn almost entirely from primary sources rather than articles based on earlier articles. If you don't have time to read all the text just enjoy the illustrations. And now read on...
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