num_pages: 80
description: Beginning with Peter Barlow's great civil engineering feat of tunnelling under the Thames, the story of the Northern Line illustrates the problems that the original Tube builders encountered and overcame. This book from the London Transport Museum's Illustrated Histories of the London Underground series traces the development of the line from its initial planning and construction to its present day operation.
language: English
title: The Northern Line : An Illustrated History
publisher: Capital Transport Pub