| Description | Plans and correspondence, dealing with the effect on the Bank's fabric at Head Office and Law Courts Branch of various extensions to the London underground network (the Central London Railway, the City & South London Railway, the Great Northern & City Railway), including the cutting into the Bank's main curtain wall for new stairway accesses. They comprise:
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Book entitled 'Central London Railway, Proposed Public Subways and City Station', 1892.
Document discussing the proposed station and public subway outside of the Bank. The document contains three aerial and cross sectional plans of the station.
Black and white drawings with colour annotation.
H.34cm
W.22cm
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Plan entitled 'Bank of England Piccadilly & Central London Railways', no date [possibly 1901].
Shows cross sectional plan of the Chancery Lane Station underneath Fleet Street next to the Bank.
Colour drawing.
H.60cm
W.41cm
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Plan entitled 'Bank of England-Law Courts Branch-& Central London Railway & Piccadilly & City Railway', no date.
Shows cross sectional plan of four railway tunnels underneath Fleet Street next to the Bank.
Black and white drawing.
H.76cm
W.50cm
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Plan entitled 'Bank of England Ground Plan', July 1891
Shows aerial architectural drawings of the Bank's ground floor.
Black and white drawing.
H.51cm
W.38cm
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Plans entitled 'Waterloo & City Railway', 1892.
Shows two plans of the Waterloo & City Railway, one showing an aerial street view of the railway line, the other a cross sectional plan of the tunnel under Queen Victoria Street.
Black and white drawing.
H.52cm
W.45cm
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Plan entitled 'Central London Railway, Proposed Public Subways & Station at Mansion House', 1892.
Shows cross sectional plan of the station and two rail tunnels, next to the Bank.
Black and white drawing.
H.42cm
W.46cm
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Plans showing the railway tunnel underneath Princes Street next to the Bank, 1834.
One cross sectional drawing showing the tunnel relative to the Bank's surrounding wall and a second aerial plan showing the route of the tunnel around the perimeter of the Bank.
Black and white drawing with colour detail.
H.38cm
W.50cm
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Plans entitled 'City and South London Railway', 1892.
Three cross sectional drawings showing the railway tunnel under King William Street, Moorgate Street and Finsbury Pavement.
Black and white drawings.
H. 56cm
W. 76cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway - City Station', 1895.
Three plans, one showing an aerial plan of the subway in front of the Bank and two cross sectional plans showing the passenger and railway tunnels under the pavement.
Colour drawings.
H. 62cm
W. 78cm
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Plans entitled 'The Bank of England and The Central London Railway', 1896.
Shows a cross sectional plan of the Bank's gold vaults and notes concerning the details of the 6 individual vaults.
Black and white drawings.
H.32cm
W.41cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway, City Station', 1898.
Shows a cross sectional plan of the public subway and railway tunnels next to the Bank.
Black and white drawings.
H.38cm
W.47cm
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Plans entitled 'Private Drawing and Bill Office Vaults', 1900-1901.
Shows a cross aerial plan of a section of the Bank, cornering on Threadneedle Street and Princes Street. Accompanied by a letter confirming the completion of construction works from Arthur Blomfield, dated November 1901.
Black and white drawings with colour detail.
H.46cm
W.70cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway, New Lines', 1902.
Shows aerial plans of the Royal Exchange and the route of the tunnels underground.
Black and white drawings.
H.36cm
W.52cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway, New Lines', 1902.
Shows aerial plans of the City of London and the route of the proposed railway tunnels outside of the Bank.
Black and white drawings.
H.45cm
W.47cm
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Document entitled 'Metropolitan Railway, Extension of The Great Northern & City Railway', 1913.
Shows a cross sectional plan of Moorgate Street and the railway tunnels underground.
Black and white drawings.
H.31cm
W.19cm
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Plans entitled 'County of the City of London', 1913.
Aerial plans showing the route of the railway tunnels along Queen Victoria Street and a cross sectional plan showing the tunnels underground.
Black and white drawings.
H.57cm
W.73cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway City Station', no year.
Aerial plans of the Bank and Royal Exchange showing the railway tunnels and station.
Black and white drawings with colour detail.
H.66cm
W.90cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway & Union Bank of London', no year.
Aerial plans showing the railway tunnels and station underground next to the Bank.
Black and white drawings with colour details.
H.32cm
W.58cm
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Plans entitled 'Central London Railway - City Station', no year.
Plans showing the subway in front of the Bank, an aerial and cross sectional plan.
Colour drawings.
H.51cm
W.55cm
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Untitled plans with no year.
Two plans showing the route of the railway tunnels through the City of London. One aerial plan and one cross sectional.
Black and white drawings.
H.40cm
W.56cm
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Plans entitled 'Metropolitan Railway, Extension of the Great Northern and City Railway', no year.
Cross sectional plans showing the railway tunnels under Princes Street and the Grocers Company.
Black and white drawings.
H.63cm
W.58cm
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Plans entitled 'Bank of England E.C. and Great Northern & City Railway', no year.
Aerial plans of the Bank showing the 'Lines of Deviation' for the railway and a cross sectional diagram of the Bank's foundations.
Black and white drawings.
H.61cm
W.48cm
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File entitled 'Report on the Proposed Work of the Central London Railway near the Bank of England', April 1892.
Several reports and letters dating between 1892 and 1925 relating to the construction of new railway tunnels near the Bank.
Black and white documents.
H.34cm
W.24cm |