How London built the world's first underground railway system
In short: In 1863, London faced an unprecedented engineering challenge. This video explores how the city constructed the world's first metro system despite widespread public doubt and the immense technical difficulty of building railways beneath a populated city.
The project was met with significant skepticism, as many believed the subway would be impossible to complete. The construction required navigating a city where no underground railway had ever been attempted before.
The scale of the undertaking was massive, with the total cost estimated at more than 100 million dollars in modern currency. Christian Wolmar details the historical context of this engineering feat that transformed urban transit.
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