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London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern tube stations. The depths below are hot, warmer than the surface, and... read more
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“The original sewers of Rome itself lasted until 1913.”
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“If they are unfortunate they might pass great deposits of fat fastened to the sides of the tunnels, some of them 30 or 40 inches thick; they have accrued from the ingestion of deposits of "fast food."”
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“The tunnels beneath the City of London still follow the medieval street plan in order to curb the risk to ancient buildings. They are also a vast reservoir of mortality, with large amounts of human hair and skin to be removed each night between 1:00 and 5:00 in the morning. These are the only hours when the Underground rests.”
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The name Marylebone is derived from the church of St. Mary by the bourne or brook.
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The Fleet was once a sacred place, associated with the Celtic worship of the head.
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platform five of Baker Street, now restored to its pristine condition.
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The deep groundwater of the city is rising, and 15,400,000 gallons must be pumped out each day to save the entire structure.
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Radical political groups, characteristically using terror and violence as their weapons, are still known as “underground” movements.
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London is slowly sinking into its clay, while Manhattan seems to rise and rise into the empyrean.
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The bombing of the Second World War marks the emergence of proper archaeological investigation in the city.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Roman London
- Holborn
- Islington
- Whitehall
- Hampstead
- Clerkenwell
- Camden Town
- Hammersmith
- Paddington
- Brunel
- Rome
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Ackroyd (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941
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