Two years ago, Londoners celebrated the Tube’s 150th birthday. To commemorate the milestone anniversary, a magnificent archive photo collection showing the construction of the London Underground was published by newsreel company British Pathe.
The astonishing images show the wrecking of houses disruption in the London’s streets as neighbourhoods were demolished to make access for the tracks of the world’s first underground railway.
Take a look at this fascinating historic collection:
Construction site to the west of Waterloo Bridge
![Construction site to the west of Waterloo Bridge, 1866-1870](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/1.-Construction-site-to-the-west-of-Waterloo-Bridge-1866-1870.jpg)
Building the Metropolitan District Railway,
![Building the Metropolitan District Railway, 1867](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/2.-Building-the-Metropolitan-District-Railway-1867.jpg)
Construction work on the site of Blackfriars Station
Paddington Station in 1868, the year it opened
Bayswater Station, just after completion
Gloucester Road Station under construction,
![Gloucester Road Station under construction, 1866](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/6.-Gloucester-Road-Station-under-construction-1866-.jpg)
Notting Hill Gate Station
District Line construction outside Somerset House,
![District Line construction outside Somerset House, 1869](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/8.-District-Line-construction-outside-Somerset-House-1869.jpg)
Metropolitan District Railway construction,
![Metropolitan District Railway construction, 1866](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/9.-Metropolitan-District-Railway-construction-1866.jpg)
High Street Kensington
![High Street Kensington, 1868](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/10.-High-Street-Kensington-1868.jpg)
Notting Hill Gate,
![Notting Hill Gate, 1866](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/11.-Notting-Hill-Gate-1866.jpg)
Construction work near South Kensington Station
Bayswater Station upon completion,
![Bayswater Station upon completion, 1866](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/13.-Bayswater-Station-upon-completion-1866.jpg)
Gloucester Road Station,
![Gloucester Road Station, 1868](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2015/10/14.-Gloucester-Road-Station-1868.jpg)
High Street Kensington’s roof taking shape
Source: British Pathe