Gio Well-Known Forum User Feb 26, 2005 #1 Only a bit of weekend fun you can tell I've been reading too much this w/e When they dug out the Metropolitan Railway, what did they do with all the earth?
Only a bit of weekend fun you can tell I've been reading too much this w/e When they dug out the Metropolitan Railway, what did they do with all the earth?
Gio Well-Known Forum User Feb 26, 2005 #3 Neeeearly right - they stashed it somewhere and something was built on top. But not Canary Wharf.
P pmac Well-Known Forum User Feb 26, 2005 #6 They dumped it on the Bank of the River Thames. In Victorian times
Gio Well-Known Forum User Feb 26, 2005 #8 pmac said: They dumped it on the Bank of the River Thames. Click to expand... nope In Victorian times Click to expand... yep
pmac said: They dumped it on the Bank of the River Thames. Click to expand... nope In Victorian times Click to expand... yep
P pmac Well-Known Forum User Feb 27, 2005 #9 Or to put it in simple terms for our younger readers!!! Thet used it to create Victoria Embankment.
grolls Well-Known Forum User Feb 27, 2005 #10 pmac said: Or to put it in simple terms for our younger readers!!! Thet used it to create Victoria Embankment. Click to expand... jeeze pmac, i knew you was old but.....
pmac said: Or to put it in simple terms for our younger readers!!! Thet used it to create Victoria Embankment. Click to expand... jeeze pmac, i knew you was old but.....
Gio Well-Known Forum User Feb 27, 2005 #11 The spoil from the site had been dumped just off the Fulham Road, at a place called Stamford Bridge. In 1905, when Chelsea Football Club was founded, the terracing was built upon the spoor of the Metropolitan Line. Click to expand... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0349115656/qid=1109508902/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-8003331-3035831 Last edited by a moderator: Feb 27, 2005
The spoil from the site had been dumped just off the Fulham Road, at a place called Stamford Bridge. In 1905, when Chelsea Football Club was founded, the terracing was built upon the spoor of the Metropolitan Line. Click to expand... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0349115656/qid=1109508902/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-8003331-3035831
Gio Well-Known Forum User Feb 27, 2005 #12 just so they'd have somewhere to put the Carling Cup, it seems
you can tell I've been reading too much this w/e 
