2009-03-09
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“ We may be whirled from Richmond, Wimbledon and Highgate by ships such as Jules Verne has imagined. At present it seems most likely that we shall be shot through a tube like an order for a “nice cut” in an eating house. ”
From the archives, 6 March 1890: An electric subway in London | From the Guardian (via teflon)
Full of goodness, this. “In South London difficulties are so great that passengers grumble incessantly. Tramcars and omnibuses can only convey their passengers at little more than walking pace.” would be my next choice for a quotable snippet, but really, I could have pasted half of it.
