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Post by siriami on Apr 26, 2014 14:29:11 GMT
Just got this fascinating and profusely illustrated book by Nick Catford and am loving it! One thing, however. On page 39 there is a full page colour photograph of the original northbound running tunnel at King William Street station. The picture shows a concrete bulkhead in the background, and reflected in the pool of water which has gathered on the floor of the tunnel is a brown sign with white lettering above the sealed door in the bulkhead. This sign however, has been removed/retouched from the illustration in its original position. I have tried to scan and enhance the sign, but the quality isn't good enough to be able to read what is on it. Has anyone else noticed this? Just curious as to why this was necessary. Alistair
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Post by nickf on Apr 26, 2014 15:16:55 GMT
Here's another picture with the sign in place....but not much clearer. Mystery sign
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Post by siriami on Apr 26, 2014 17:37:57 GMT
It looks like the same tunnel site - but the sign in your picture is slightly different to the one removed from the book illustration - maybe your photo is more recent? I can make out "Structural Inspection Engineer" (I think) on the reflection in the book picture. Curiouser and curiouser.......
Alistair Thanks for taking the time to research this though!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 16:05:18 GMT
Hi.. First I'd like to introduce myself as Nick McCamley, MD of Folly Books Ltd who published Nick Catford's 'Secret Underground London'. I came across this thread purely by chance and thought 'Aha, I can solve this riddle no problem.....' Nick sent us approximately 1600 transparencies from which we chose the 500 or so that were finally included in the book. Amongst these was a fairly large number number of images of King William Street. I had a quick look through these to see if I could find a clue to the apparently missing sign, but, in fact, the mystery deepened. I found two images of the heading in question obviously taken some time apart because in one there is much more cabling and plant. However, in BOTh the reflection of the sign is present but the sign itself appears to be absent! I've made some high-res scans of these transparencies and put these pictures up on our website: I've included the two pictures I've mention, together with an inverted and horizontally flipped copy, and an enlargement from which you can read the text of the sign. Ultimately not very helpful, I'm afraid...... Link to the pictures is here: King William Street
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Post by stuartroy on May 30, 2014 7:35:43 GMT
It's because it's secret ...
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Post by siriami on Jun 1, 2014 9:50:55 GMT
Many thanks for all your hard work, Nick - at least now we can decipher what the sign reads! Still a mystery why it was removed/retouched though....... And it's a terrific book. Alistair
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