Show Notes
Earl's Court station on the District and Piccadilly lines is notable for many "firsts", with the Underground's first escalator, its first automatic lifts, the first electric trains on the cut-and-cover lines, and the first Ferris Wheel in Britain having once stood nearby. We'll visit all these historic occasions using the TARDIS which stands outside the station!
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References
Going Green: The Story of the District Line by Piers Connor (Capital Transport Publishing 1993)
The District Line: An Illustrated History by Mike Horne (Capital Transport Publishing; First Edition 2006)
The Northern Line: An Illustrated History by Mike Horne and Bob Bayman (Capital Transport Publishing; New edition 1999)
History of the Metropolitan District Railway to June 1908 by Alexander Edmonds (London Regional Transport 1974)
Underground: How the Tube Shaped London by David Bownes, Oliver Green, Sam Mullins (Allen Lane 2012)
Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts by Stephen Halliday (David & Charles 2009)
The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport Since 1800 by David Lawrence (Laurence King Publishing; second edition 2015)
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar (Atlantic Books 2004)
Building London's Underground by Antony Badsey-Ellis (Capital Transport Publishing 2016)
Underground Architecture by David Lawrence (Capital Transport Publishing 1994)
Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways by Alan Arthur Jackson and Desmond F. Croome (Capital Transport Publishing; 2nd edition 1993)
London Underground at War by Nick Cooper (Amberley Publishing 2014)
The London Underground Electric Train by Piers Connor (The Crowood Press Ltd 2015)
Charles Tyson Yerkes - Traction King of London by Tim Sherwood (The History Press 2008)
Labyrinth: A Journey Through London's Underground by Tamsin Dillon, Will Self, Mark Wallinger, Marina Warner, Christian Wolmar and Louise Coysh (Art/Books 2014)
Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam (The History Press 2015)
What's in a Name?: Origins of Station Names on the London Underground by Cyril M Harris (Capital Transport Publishing; 4th Revised edition 2001)
Metadyne.co.uk - http://www.metadyne.co.uk/DistrictPages/MDR_bigwheel.html
Mike Horne's blog - https://machorne.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/escalators-inclined-elevators-and-myths/
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