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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 29, 2015 11:23:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2015 19:21:15 GMT
Thank you, that's both helpful and quite interesting! |
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Post by spsmiler on Oct 30, 2015 0:00:04 GMT
The Bakerloo Line tile design I had in mind is below. There are variants of this elsewhere along the platforms and passageways. Simon  Hi Simon, Thank you, that's pretty striking and certainly worth considering (apologies for my even longer delay!) Do you by chance have any information about what the diagram depicts? Does anyone know who the designer of this might be or from when the platform art dates? Much appreciated, Alef I have this note saved about it: The design shows the patent drawings for a tunnelling shield designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel for the Thames TunnelPossibly I got this from Underground News, although I vaguely recall seeing something in one of the tunnels (perhaps escalator lower landing?) which also explains more. Sorry for not being more specific, its ages since I was there. Simon |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 30, 2015 8:12:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 10:41:27 GMT
Re-drawing Brunel Senior's patent designs is not something I'm looking forward to! I hope I can find a clean image of it to then scan... Can anyone please assist me with gathering more info for these tiles at Oxford Circus...  Are they on the Central or Bakerloo line platforms? What year would they have been put in? Any links to the designer? |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 30, 2015 12:32:06 GMT
Despite actually having the number and year*, I have looked in vain online for a digital version of Brunel's patent. The British Library will have a hard copy, but my reader's ticket expired many years ago.
*UK patents were only given numbers from 1852, but in that year all existing patent documents for which documentation still existed, going back to 1618, were numbered retrospectively - whether still in force or not.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 13:01:21 GMT
Despite actually having the number and year*, I have looked in vain online for a digital version of Brunel's patent. The British Library will have a hard copy, but my reader's ticket expired many years ago. *UK patents were only given numbers from 1852, but in that year all existing patent documents for which documentation still existed, going back to 1618, were numbered retrospectively - whether still in force or not. Thanks for looking into it. At this stage I'm gathering as much as I can easily find... but my longterm plan is to make contacts at the London Transport Museum who may be able to help with details such a digital version of Brunel's patent. I find myself easily losing a lot of time in details -- I want a high quality app -- though the top priority is simply getting version 1.0 made! The tiles at Paddington may be best added at a later release. My aim is to get this out in 2016, but hopefully I'll keep it growing and developing in 2017... |
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