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This picture was taken at Russell Square and appeared
in Railway Gazette in 1906. It shows a typical arrangement of tiling
and ticket windows. The configuration of the lower level green tiles,
the faience relief at about shoulder height, and the higher level
cream tiles gave the impression of standardization around the system.
In truth, the application was far from consistent; the most notable
variation being the faience applied at different heights from site
to site - even by the same contractor. |
| Just visible in the top right-hand corner is a Maxim
arc lamp, probably similar to those used to illuminate the exterior
facias. Another feature included at different parts of the stations
were the clocks, which were supplied by the Self-Winding Clock Company
of New York and also found on the platforms. |
| Though many disappeared beforehand, all surviving original booking halls (with the exception of Holloway Road) were destroyed by London Underground’s programme of installing automatic ticket collection facilities in recent decades. A few have been re-constructed as a pastiche. |
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