On This Day 6 August 1844 the tunnelling engineer James Henry Greathead was born
James Greathead of 'Ravenscraig' Leigham Court Road designed the Greathead Shield which revolutionised the building of underground railways.
A civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. He is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named "the tube"
His death taking place at Streatham on 21st October 1896, at the age of fifty-two.
James Greathead of 'Ravenscraig' Leigham Court Road designed the Greathead Shield which revolutionised the building of underground railways.
A civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. He is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named "the tube"
His death taking place at Streatham on 21st October 1896, at the age of fifty-two.
