Key Words :- tube

Address :- London, Greater London, SE1
Grid Ref :- TQ 3100 7994
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.503221 , Long -0.113977
Local Authority :- Lambeth London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose

Description and History of Site :-
Built 1898 by LSWR as extension to serve the City Tube with electric traction from opening.

Generating Station (GTL04058) between station and Upper Ground. Generation ceased c.1922, power now taken from grid as for BR surface lines.

Lifts, initially hydraulic, one adjacent to generating station (GTL03809), for wagon access to short siding, other for transfer of rolling stock from W&C to main line. Junction not possible as W&C is 41 ft. lower.

End of cul-de-sac off Leake St, SE1, 311798, to be removed by Jan. 1990.

Further Reading and References :-
Barker, T C and Robbins, M. 'A History of London Transport. Vol 1, The Nineteenth Century', 1963; 'Vol 2, The Twentieth Century to 1970'. Allen & Unwin, 1974
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001

For the most up-to-date and detailed account see John C. Gillham's (2001) book 'The Waterloo & City Railway' (Oakwood Press: 464pp) [ISBN 0-85361-544-6]
and also Harley Hugh Dalrymple-Hay, 1899, The Waterloo and City Railway. Minutes Proc. Institution Civil Engineers 139, 25 - 176 + plates 1 - 6

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