Central London Railway 1902 Passenger Map Americas black and white strip-maps on

black and white strip-maps on verso

a folding table of gradients

forming a complete guide for the traveller and tourist

The Homann firm’s source for this piece was a printed plan based upon an eye-witness sketch by Lieutenant Phillip Durrell

At the bottom is a series of vessels illustrating the evolution of the British ‘navy’

Central London Railway 1902 Passenger Map Americas black and white strip-maps onThe Central London Railway pioneered giving maps like this one to passengers free of charge, something which we now take for granted but which only became viable as printing became cheaper. The CLR also established a practice of distributing quantities of their official map, again for free, to commercial publishers to be bound into guide books. Presumably it was seen as free advertising, and it became a standard procedure for London Transport and its