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A trial journey on the first part of the underground railway in London. Wood engraving, 1862.

An underground tunnel with a truck on the track. Wood engraving, 1868.

Workmen fitting metal casings to form an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.

Engineering: mines and tunnelling. Engraving.

Liverpool: a railway tunnel cut into the mountain side with men working on scaffolding above and cutting stone below. Engraving by J. Davies  after C. and G. Pyne.

Men hauling excavated soil up a shaft in a bucket suspended from a rope, driven by a steam hoist. Wood engraving, 1868.

Workmen fitting the metal casings for an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.

A section through the roadway of Holborn Viaduct, London: looking east, showing the middle level sewer. Wood engraving after W. Haywood, 1854.

Section of the Thames embankment in 1867: the position of the low-level sewer is shown. Wood engraving.

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Men hauling excavated soil up a shaft in a bucket suspended from a rope, driven by a steam hoist. Wood engraving, 1868.

Workmen fitting the metal casings for an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.

Section of the Thames embankment in 1867: the position of the low-level sewer is shown. Wood engraving.

Liverpool: a railway tunnel cut into the mountain side with men working on scaffolding above and cutting stone below. Engraving by J. Davies after C. and G. Pyne.

Workmen fitting metal casings to form an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.