Statue of James Henry Greathead, London
| Statue of James Henry Greathead | |
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_-_177.JPG) The statue | |
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| Artist | James Butler |
| Subject | James Henry Greathead |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| 51°30′48″N 0°05′17″W / 51.51334°N 0.08795°W | |
The statue of James Henry Greathead, designed by
is nearby.Background
James Henry Greathead was a South African civil engineer best known for his work on the railway lines now incorporated into the London Underground. Greathead was an engineer on the London (City) & Southwark Subway, later the City and South London Railway, and now part of the Northern line, which has a station near to the statue at Bank.
Description and history
The bronze statue depicts a bearded Greathead wearing a broad-brimmed hat (an allusion to his South African origins) and carrying a coat over his right arm, holding a piece of paper which he is reading. It stands on a hollow oval
deep level tube system". (A part of the tunnelling shield used at Bank station was rediscovered during a refurbishment, and left visible painted red in a passageway leading to the Waterloo & City line.[2]
) The other side of the base bears the carved stone badge of the City & South London Railway.
Visible in a gap between the statue and the base are the metal grilles of a
vent shaft installed at Bank Junction to meet safety standards introduced after the King's Cross fire in 1987.[3] The statute was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of London
Sir Paul Newell on 17 January 1994.
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Plaque showing the tunnelling shield, with inscription -
Badge of the City & South London Railway
References
- ISBN 9780747804956. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Memorial: Greathead shield at Bank, London Remembers
- ^ Statue: James Greathead statue at London Remembers
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Henry Greathead statue.
- James Henry Greathead, Tunnelling Expert and Railway Engineer (1844–1896), victorianweb.org
- James Henry Henry Greathead's statue, London Walking Tours
- greathead.org
