| I visited Aldwych station as
part of an English Heritage tour on May 9, 2014 |
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The entrance on Aldwych showing the original name "Strand" |
The other entrance in Surrey Street |
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| The later name |
and remnants of the original above &
below |
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Each station had a pictorial
representation so that the illiterate knew when they had arrived (c.f. a
pub sign).
The Strand one is shown on the left |
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Entrance level |
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| The booking hall is later addition) |
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Original telephone booths |
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| In the "Ladies" there is a
rare architectural feature of a "modesty screen" |
| The Lifts |
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Note the Art Nouveau features |
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| The floor i9ndicators |
Doors connected two lifts for emergency
evacuation |
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| Features of shaft
construction |
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| The "exit" passage which was never used |
Stalactites mark the place of water leaks |
| The
"working" platform |
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| This platform is used for
films and TV recordings |
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| Posters put up for the last
filming. |
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| Some features of the incomplete platforms |
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| The
"unused" platform |
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| At the far end is a store used in both
world wars |
Old square insulators |
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| The ortinal tiled "station sign" |
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| The tunnel
planned to go on to the Thames at Temple |
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