Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO THE LOWER CONCOURSE OF GANTS HILL UNDERGROUND RAILWAY STATION CONSTRUCTION OF GANTS HILL ORIGINALLY BEGAN IN THE 1930S BUT WAS SUSPENDED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE RAILWAY STATION WAS DESIGNED BY CHARLES HOLDEN. HIS DESIGN FOR GANTS HILL WAS INSPIRED BY MANY OF THE RAILWAY STATIONS ON THE MOSCOW METRO. DURING THE WAR THE RAILWAY STATION WAS USED AS AN AIR RAID SHELTER AND THE TUNNELS AS A MUNITIONS FACTORY. THE RAILWAY STATION OPENED ON 14TH DECEMBER 1947.GANTS HILL IS THE EASTERNMOST RAILWAY STATION ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND SYSTEM TO BE ENTIRELY BELOW GROUND. HERE THE LONDON-BOUND PLATFORM IS TO THE LEFT WHERE THE NEXT RAILWAY STATION IS REDBRIDGE AND THE HAINAULT-BOUND PLATFORM IS TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE NEXT RAILWAY STATION IS NEWBURY PARK. 2016 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) MARATHON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO MARATHON-1714 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Marathon obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Railways
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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