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PHOTO ST. JAMESS PARK UNDERGROUND STATION (2) ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE LONDON UNDERGROUND HQ AT 55 BROADWAY (DISTRICT AND CIRCLE LINES) 19 AUGUST 2023. ST. JAMESS STATION WAS OPENED BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY (MDR) IN DECEMBER 1868 ON COMPLETION OF ITS LINE FROM WESTMINSTER TO SOUTH KENSINGTON WHICH ULTIMATELY WAS TO FORM A COMPONENT OF THE â�ˌINNER CIRCLE SERVICE SHARED WITH THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (MR) WHICH EXTENDED ITS LINES FROM PADDINGTON (PRAED STREET) TO MEET THE MDR AT SOUTH KENSINGTON. THE INTENTION WAS THAT THE INNER CIRCLE CONNECT ALL OR MOST OF LONDONS MAIN LINE TERMINI. ALTHOUGH THE MDR BEGAN AS A COMPANY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MR AND EXPECTED ONE DAY TO MERGE WITH IT IN FACT THE MR AND MDR QUITE QUICKLY FELL OUT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE MDR BRANDED ITSELF THE DISTRICT RAILWAY (DR) ALTHOUGH STILL LEGALLY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY. THE ORIGINAL DR STATION WAS REBUILT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BY ONE INCORPORATED IN A NEW HQ â�ˌELECTRIC RAILWAY HOUSE FOR THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF LONDON (UERL) A HOLDING COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 1902 FOR THE DR AND SEVERAL OTHER UNDERGROUND COMPANIES. THAT IN TURN WAS REPLACED BY A NEW HQ 55 BROADWAY CONSTRUCTED IN 1927-29 DESIGNED BY CHARLES HOLDEN CONSULTANT ARCHITECT TO THE UERL. IT WAS INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN SKYSCRAPERS AND USED THE HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS WITH SCULPTURES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ARTISTS OF THE DAY. IT LATER BECAME THE HQ FOR THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD THE LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE AND TRANSPORT FOR LONDON. THE BUILDING WAS THE TALLEST OFFICE BLOCK IN LONDON WHEN IT OPENED. THE STATION WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST UNALTERED ON THE NETWORK SINCE ITS 1920S MODERNISATION AND 55 BROADWAY ARE LISTED GRADE I. PICTURED IS ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE LONDON UNDERGROUND HQ AT 55 BROADWAY. THE SCULPTURE IS BY JACOB EPSTEIN AND REPRESENTS DAY CONSISTING OF A SEATED MAN WITH A YOUNG BOY TWISTING HIS BODY UNNATURALLY. CURIOUS. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) H LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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