Stingemore Underground Map (1927)

The 1927 iteration of the tube map.

Frederick H Stingemore was the last designer to show the tube network in a geographical format. Stingemore's design showed closed circles for stations, and open circles for interchanges, as well as restoring the Thames (which had been removed from an earlier version).

 

To celebrate the London Underground's 150th anniversary, TfL commissioned five reproductions of tube maps from different periods, all made in Lego by Duncan Titmarsh, LEGO professional. Each map took approximately 4 days to complete and contained over 1,000 bricks.

 

The five maps come from different periods of London Undergound's history and were held at different stations over the summer:

1927 - designed by Fred Stingemore - this would be the last iteration of the map as a geographical overlay (at South Kensington)

1933 - Harry Beck's revolutionary design - the tube map became a diagram (at Piccadilly Circus)

1968 - adding the Victoria Line - the first tube line for 50 years (at Green Park)

2013 - the modern tube - the network as it is today (at Stratford)

2020 - the future view - at the tube will look in 2020 (at King's Cross)

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